person (generally male) who won't learn their lesson; persistent jerk
(articles) imported to Japan by early European traders
Kanda myoujin - shrine near Ochanomizu station, Tokyo
badness; evilness; bad; evil
it was very good of you to come; glad to see you
rock! paper! scissors!; paper! scissors! rock!; one! two! three!; rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
hand-copied sutras; copying of a sutra
dilapidated house; tumbledown house; my house; my home; small resting place comprising four pillars and a roof (with no walls)
(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight)
(vengeful) ghost; specter; spectre
greed; cruelty; callous; (arch.) insistent; (arch.) insistence
to arrest; to capture; to seize
wonder drug; miracle cure; elixir
perversity; perverse person; antagonistic demon in Japanese folklore; demon under the feet of temple guardian statues
mythical two-tailed monster cat
good for eating; ripe enough for eating; in season
(licensed) red light district
green foxtail (Setaria viridis); green bristlegrass; cat teaser (cat toy); kitty teaser
practice writing with a brush; study; learning
magatama; comma-shaped bead from prehistoric Japan, usually made of jade
to eat too much; to overeat
hire (charge); rent; charge; fare; fee; freight
to fill one's own pocket by taking advantage of a position
the way one talks; one's way of speaking
trivia; snippet of knowledge
prostitute (esp. Edo period)
district; quarter; enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork; red-light district
position; job; employment; opening
wiles; sinister design; trick; conspiracy; intrigue
rotting; spoiling; decaying; rotten; worthless; paltry
female help; female labor; woman's handwriting; (arch.) hiragana
to trample down; to crush underfoot; to kick down; to avoid paying (e.g. a debt); to jump (a bill); to bilk
to take to task; to take it out on
change of attitude (stance, position); lightness of foot; ability to dodge out of the way of an attack
son-in-law taken (adopted) into family