actor who specializes in ruffian roles (specialises)
traveling entertainer who wears a lion mask and does tumbling acts
ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!; roll up, roll up!
traveling throughout the country (travelling)
having an aptitude (for); having a talent (for)
Hiraga Gennai (1728?-1779)
bamboo dealer; person selling bamboo or articles made of bamboo; house made of bamboo
Hōreki era (1751.10.27-1764.6.2)
kitchen maid; kitchen duties; cooking
early evening cloud; clouds at sunset
hard (life); tough (world)
long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Edo in the early 17th century)
sentry box; guardhouse; guard lodge; (Edo period) police box
small pouch containing a paper charm or talisman
strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern; cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern; Naruto (city in Tokushima); Naruto Strait; Naruto wakame
(oral) message; declaration; hearsay; rumour; rumor
that's too bad; too bad for you!
overthrow of the shogunate
begging Zen priest of the Fuke sect (wearing a sedge hood and playing a shakuhachi flute)
Tokushima (city, prefecture)
repeatedly; several times; many times
for a certain reason; owing to unavoidable circumstances
drunkard; heavy drinker; boozer
recognition; acquaintance
to understand fully; to be convinced; to be satisfied
what is called; what they call; so-called
fair; exhibition; exposition
shakuhachi; end-blown fippleless bamboo flute; blow job; fellatio
practice writing with a brush; study; learning
rich person; millionaire; magnate; big spender; debauchee
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
seal of blood; sealing with one's blood
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder