carrying poles (palanquin, portable shrine)
dating back from now; ago
festival marking the start of boating season
lighter; (small) cargo vessel
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
bride; one's daughter-in-law
a little more than; a little over; upwards of; (arch.) excess; (arch.) surplus; (arch.) remainder
life circumstances; lifestyle; (family) finances
to go to; to visit; to call on
skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium
ranked list (entertainers, sumo wrestlers, millionaires, etc.); program (e.g. theatre)
to be understood; to be comprehended; to be grasped; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered
from outside; from the side
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
to be more than one can imagine (esp. of sadness, anguish, etc.); to be impossible to comprehend
one's employer's house; one's employer; place of apprenticeship
to get on aboard; to join a ship
kawaraban (type of Edo-period single-page newspaper)
missing person; wanted person
heartrending; desperate; hopeless; full of grief
to make a (government) grant; to release (a criminal)
garden watchman; garden keeper; guard of the inner garden
to strip; to peel; to tear off
enduring something out of pride; putting up with it; grinning and bearing it
setting sail; departure (from a port)
young pine; New Year's symbolic pine decoration
China under the Qing dynasty; Qing China; Qing dynasty
fortunately; luckily; thankfully
Oki (former province located on Oki Island in present-day Shimane Prefecture); Oki (island)
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
villa; daimyo's suburban residence