brushmaker (calligraphy); brush seller
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
great; grand; (arch.) obstinate; (arch.) stubborn
head of an organizational section; head of an organisational section
wakizashi; short sword worn by samurai
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
phosphorescent light; mysterious lights on the sea; sea fire
senility; dotage; decrepitude
Sarcandra glabra (species of flowering shrub in the family Chloranthaceae); 1000 ryō (an old Japanese coin)
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to let an opportunity slip
(Edo-period) town magistrate
second hand clothes shop; somebody who sells second hand clothes
to let (someone) swim; to make (someone) swim; to make (someone) stumble forward; to make stagger; to let (a suspect) roam freely (while monitoring them); to leave at large
weird; strange; mysterious
inn; tavern; basket used by travellers to carry food and other supplies; basket used by travellers to carry horse fodder
concentricity; same mind; unanimity; policeman; constable in the Edo period
palm tree (any tree of family Arecaceae)
to admire greatly; to salute (in admiration); to take one's hat off to
article to be delivered; present
urgency; exigency; emergency
to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet
Hachiman (God of War); Hachiman shrine; (arch.) certainly
jumping straight to the business, ...; I know this is abrupt, but ...; let's skip the pleasantries; getting to the point
to be consistent; to be coherent
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
kudzu (Pueraria montana); Japanese arrowroot; Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)
bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable; inexhaustible
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible