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Anchinkiyohime

1

sword worn on the hip

1

night duty

2

Heitarou

1

Shinnosuke

6

pining away; dying from love

3

to act as a mediator; to serve as a mediator; to act as an intermediary; to be a go-between

1

Tadahiro

1

Gonza

3

sad occasion (esp. a funeral)

1

personal; family

1

Shingo

1

calamity; evil; misfortune

1

Kanpō era (1741.2.27-1744.2.21)

1

Imperial letter

1

(rocky) beach; seashore

1

small brazier; hand-warmer

1

winners (those who have succeeded socially, economically, etc.)

2

Tokugawa Yoshimune (shogun 1716-1745 and 1751; 1684.11.27-1751.7.12),

1

amateur; novice; layman

1

mud and tile wall topped with tiles

1

bathroom

1

cord for attaching a sword scabbard tightly to the obi; sword strap; sword knot

5

Izumi Shikibu (Poet of the Heian period, included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu)

2

being particular (about); being fussy; being picky; being choosy; being fastidious

1

Japanese puppet theatre in which recited narrative and dialog is accompanied by a shamisen (forerunner of bunraku)

1

monthly shift or duty

1

to be soldierly; to be martial

2

Heizaemon

16

Sakutarou

2

educated; learned; schooled

1

asking would be rude; tasteless question

1

written work (esp. a bound text, as opposed to a scroll); a text written entirely in kana; graphic novel (esp. one created between the 12th and 19th centuries); notebook (for practicing kana, drawing pictures, etc.); rough draft

1

how have you been?; (lit.) nothing (untoward) has happened, has it?

1

house rent

1

brigadier general; commodore

1

female owner; proprietress; landlady

1

to employ; to hire (a servant)

1

personal meeting (esp. used by females)

1

surface of the water; face of the water

1

to pass away; to die

1

to reveal one's (poor) upbringing (through poor manners, etc.); to betray one's origin; to give oneself away

1

one's second wife

1

(another person's) nephew

1

poor or lowly masterless samurai

1

spacious; vast; wide

1

first-rate sword

1

reading

1

person of high rank or income

1

inner part of a house (near the kitchen, living room, etc.); family matters; household affairs; personal business

3