kabuki dance in which the dancer quickly changes his clothes seven times; the seven common disguises of ninja
half-wit; fool; simpleton
tiger's tail; gooseneck loosestrife (species of flowering plant, Lysimachia clethroides); Asplenium incisum (species of spleenwort)
meter (in Chinese poetry); consistency
long illness; protracted illness
great; grand; (arch.) obstinate; (arch.) stubborn
security for a loan; collateral
head of an organizational section; head of an organisational section
arrangements; preparations
drugs; ingredients (for Chinese medicine)
raft; forearm protector; skewered baby-eel kabayaki
imprudence; misbehavior; misbehaviour; misunderstanding
to ignore; to disregard; to overlook; to connive at
usurer; usury; loansharking
highway route (Edo period); main route
to command; to order; to tell (to do); to appoint (to the post of)
one's last moments; hour of death
to steal or sneak or slip into
that's right; yes; uh-huh
Kazusa (former province located in the central part of present-day Chiba Prefecture)
old friend; familiar face
(Meiji era) official responsible for court ceremonies
to be overproduced; to be incredibly good (e.g. for a child); to go much better than expected; to be too good to be true (of a story, etc.)
there's no knowing; there's no telling; it's anyone's guess; who knows?