prohibition against hunting and fishing
unattractive person; coward; weakling
small attached annex; lean-to
carrying out mercenary deeds; having a mercenary attitude; calculating
mountain worship; religion that worships mountains as sacred
policeman; cop; walking in a circle (dog trick); (arch.) rounds (doctor, police beat, etc.); (arch.) vegetables that accompany rice (secret language of court ladies)
female farmworker; woman working on a farm; farm woman
for a certain reason; owing to unavoidable circumstances
Genki era (1570.4.23-1573.7.28)
establishment; foundation
to be unable to do; to find something difficult to do
resultant force; assistance; help; donation; alms
to beat (a drum); to pluck up courage
worldly affairs; ways of the world
esoteric Buddhism; Tantric Buddhism; Vajrayana; secret Buddhist teachings; Mikkyō
ominous; ill-omened; inauspicious; unlucky; sinister
going out (before burning completely); dying out; fizzling out (e.g. of a plan); falling through; coming to nothing
lucky day; auspicious day; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
return to secular life; secularization; secularisation
caged bird; person whose freedom has been restricted (esp. a prostitute, mistress, concubine, etc.)
to ask for instructions; to ask for someone's opinion; to inquire of; to invoke an oracle; to consult an oracle
to say something better left unsaid; to go too far (by saying something rude)
despite being a woman; woman as she is; (in a way that is) unbecoming to a woman; (in a way that is) uncharacteristic of a woman; in an unladylike way
everyone at once; everyone together
castle town; fortified town
Tōtōmi (former province located in the west of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
vassals; retainers; followers
ascetic monk; trainee monk
bedridden; confined to bed
to flatly refuse; to reject; to spurn
contribution (to a temple, shrine, etc.); donation
to escape death; to be saved from death
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
to beg forgiveness; to ask for someone's pardon; to ask for permission
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
this for sure; certainly is
Aichi prefecture (Chūbu area)