senior town administrator (Edo period)
mediation; intermediation; procuration; entertainment; treatment; reception
small dish (usu. one of several accompanying rice); side dish; fill; fill-in (drumming); jack-off material; something to masturbate to
this mountain; this temple
focus of one's attention; what one is looking for; viewpoint; point one is trying to make
I don't like it; I hate it
bucket maker; well maker; cooper; hooper
uncontrollable; irrepressible
missing person; wanted person
running-in; breaking in (e.g. engine, etc.); accustomizing; warming up
to communicate; to commune
new moon; first day of the lunar month; (in ancient China) next year's calendar and decrees (distributed by the Emperor at year's end)
Hizen (former province located in present-day Saga and Nagasaki prefectures, excluding Tsushima and Oki Islands)
spectacles for far-sightedness; telescope
thank you very much; I'm sorry; excuse me
the Dog (eleventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Dog (around 8pm, 7-9pm, or 8-10pm); west-northwest; ninth month of the lunar calendar
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
imperial court; shogunate government; authorities; public affairs; official; government
frequent; densely packed; thick
for some (unspecified) reason
to keep an eye on; to take care of
season; the times; opportunity; occasion
numbness; going to sleep (of a limb); pins and needles
Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari
performer; entertainer; actor
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing