to crack down on (e.g. crime, corruption); to deal a crushing blow to; to bring down the hammer on
tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit
bamboo dealer; person selling bamboo or articles made of bamboo; house made of bamboo
advancing money; temporary payment for someone else; payment on behalf of another party, with the expectation of being reimbursed later
Hōreki era (1751.10.27-1764.6.2)
to have grown tense (of a situation); to have become critical (and to be on the verge of a major upheaval)
provincial samurai in the middle ages, who engaged in agriculture in peacetime
early evening cloud; clouds at sunset
to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)
connections; contacts; influence
ball of dried, ground, fermented dyer's knotweed leaves
having a habit of stealing things; being light-fingered
at the risk of one's life; even if (I) die; even if it kills one (me, him, etc.); at all costs; no matter what; as long as I live
arabesque pattern; toothed medick (Medicago polymorpha)
hired thief taker (Edo-period); private detective; private secret policeman
sentry box; guardhouse; guard lodge; (Edo period) police box
to be understood; to be comprehended; to be grasped; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered
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
yield; crop; production; volume; piecework
the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one
to meet somebody by chance; to happen upon
transmission of the secrets of an art, craft, trade or learning from father to only one child
hidden; concealed; unknown; passing away; dying; death
to make a blunder; to bungle; to mess up; to make a foolish mistake
begging Zen priest of the Fuke sect (wearing a sedge hood and playing a shakuhachi flute)
Tokushima (city, prefecture)
one's last moments; hour of death
let sleeping dogs lie; wake not a sleeping lion; (lit.) the spirit you do not approach will not curse you
to steal or sneak or slip into
shakuhachi; end-blown fippleless bamboo flute; blow job; fellatio
temporarily; short period; once; one morning
to fall for (someone's smooth talk); to be taken in (by honeyed words)
seal of blood; sealing with one's blood
possessing full mastery of an art (e.g. Judo); initiation into the secrets (e.g. of an art); full mastership
as you please; in any way you like; as you wish
killing a passerby in order to test a new sword