plenty of nothing; having absolutely nothing
oshizushi; sushi rice and other ingredients pressed in box or mould (mold)
Kiso valley section of the Nakasendo
provincial theatrical performance
(short) run; drive; ride; spin
got it; roger; leave it to me
ritual visits to a temple
sparing life and taking life; letting live and killing
Hiraga Gennai (1728?-1779)
to act young; to look young
bamboo dealer; person selling bamboo or articles made of bamboo; house made of bamboo
boorishness; coarseness; stupidity
nothing to be afraid of; trivial; not amounting to much; can't do anything
prohibition; ban; suspension
arrangements; preparations
one's whole heart; everything one feels
Chikugo (former province located in the south of present-day Fukuoka Prefecture)
territory (pre-Taika: under the Yamato court; Heian: under a provincial governor, etc.); (arch.) countryside
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
to arrest; to capture; to seize
girl; young (unmarried) woman
Tokushima (city, prefecture)
don't finish what you're saying; stop what you're saying
to demand gratitude; to make a favour of something; to remind of a favour done to someone; to emphasize the favour one has done
previously; already; for some time; for quite a while
something unrelated (to what has been discussed thus far)
tea-ceremony procedures; skill; dexterity; (arch.) you
sliding door (esp. when removed from its frame and used for carrying things or people); large flounder
seal of blood; sealing with one's blood
to take advantage (of somebody's weaknesses, carelessness, etc.); to impose on
man of the hour; woman of the hour
disciple; pupil; follower
having spirit; (being) staunch; having backbone
former (e.g. name); previous; changed; examination; inspection; investigation
to yearn for; to pine; to be deeply in love with
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war