general merchant; Jack of all trades
receiver (of an attack during kendo practice)
reading (a text) aloud without trying to understand it; reading a second draft without checking it against the original
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
useless member of society; hopeless case; failure
training by two participants of the same skill level (kendo); general training involving all six types (kendo)
location without an address; unnumbered plot of land
short-tempered or irritable person
sexual culture; sexual mores; prostitution
will not do; do not; does not
second year of elementary school; second year elementary school student
Sarutahiko (Shinto god); Sarudahiko; Sarutabiko; Sarudabiko
theatergoer; someone who likes plays
the real pleasure (of something); the real thrill; flavour of ghee; (fig.) delicious taste; Buddha's gracious teachings
promo; advertising for a program (TV, radio, etc.); program publicity
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
box-office takings; box-office revenue
one's history as a performer
to creep about; to crawl around
omniscient point of view (in narration)
apologies for the crude food
moulded objects; sculpted objects; modeled objects; formed objects
wistful; desirous of; hungry-looking; greedy-looking
shell gathering (at low tide); clamming
relationships with the opposite sex