festival associated with Shōmen Kongō; staying awake on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle to prevent the three worms from reporting one's wrongdoings to the gods
Metal Monkey (57th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1920, 1980, 2040)
Bureau of Onmyō; government office in charge of astronomical observations, divination and calendar making (under the ritsuryo system)
this occasion; at this time; now
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
narrator; storyteller; reciter
alighting (from a train, bus, etc.); getting off; getting out (of a car)
to draw the line; to set a boundary; to make a clear distinction
isn't it (that) different (from usual, from what one could expect, etc.)?; isn't that wrong?; no, that's wrong; it's not like that; that's not the case
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
work; book; (a book) by; obvious; striking
to stay up all night; to spend the night without sleep
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
to drink oneself dead drunk; to drink oneself unconscious
chance; stroke of luck; (curious) turn of events
(only) one option; one possible choice
place to look (esp. when averting one's eyes)
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
lifeline; safety rope; safety tether
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed; field of alpine flowers
hollow; cavity; hole; cave
leaving something where it is; abandoning something
all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy
Japanese food; Japanese-style meal; Japanese cuisine
to stop; to quit; to put an end to
having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled
bed hair; hair disarranged during sleep; habit of moving around in one's sleep; sleeping habit
all night; throughout the night
marking; grading; scoring
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
strange; unconventional; eccentric; odd; odd number
teacher; instructor; teaching staff; faculty member
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; (arch.) that's right