above one's means (station); undue
Tentoku era (957.10.27-961.2.16)
bamboo stick used to strike meditators into greater wakefulness (in Zen Buddhism); striking someone's wrist with one's index and middle finger
kabukimono; Edo-period samurai who attracted public attention with their eye-catching clothes, peculiar hairstyle, and eccentric behavior
something appearing from a place you wouldn't expect; something said as a joke actually happening; (lit.) a horse from a gourd; something impossible; something ridiculous
Battle of Sekigahara (1600)
one's in-laws (esp. a woman's in-laws)
man's looks; handsomeness; good-lookingness
mockery by means of excessive praise; damning with lavish praise; backhanded compliment
the positive and the negative
territory; fiefdom; feudal domain
ronin; masterless samurai
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
family which supports a temple; parishioner
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
intolerant; small-minded; inflexible; unforgiving; unyielding; ungenerous
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
88 years old; (arch.) rice
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
I, as a mere priest; this humble servant of Buddha
no objection; nothing to criticize (criticise)
Sekigahara (battle site, 1600); decisive battle; critical battle
(clenched) fist; knuckles
speaking fondly about one's sweetheart (spouse, girlfriend, etc.); going on about one's love affairs
taikō (esp. Toyotomi Hideyoshi); title for a regent, later for the grand chancellor, also for the father of an Imperial adviser (advisor) who passed the role to his son
in contrast to ...; unlike ...; while ...; whereas ...
quarrel; dispute; argument
memento (from a dead person); souvenir; keepsake; orphan; posthumous child
this occasion; at this time; now