to have a bitter experience
person with a criminal record; violent criminal
waiting for favorable wind; waiting for favourable wind
to be profoundly compatible; to be inseparable; to be so close as to reveal to each other the bottom of one's heart
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
peace and tranquility; peace and tranquillity
departure of a ship (from a port); setting sail; outgoing ship; ship leaving port
homelessness; homeless person; being removed from the family register (Edo period)
to throw up a smoke screen; to put up a false front; to purposely mislead
vein of gold; financial connections; patron; source of money
remote island; distant island; punishment by exile to a remote island
very long period; forever; eight thousand years
bucket maker; well maker; cooper; hooper
cannot allow (oneself) to live (with someone) under the canopy of heaven; cannot allow (the sworn enemy) to live in this world; irreconcilable (enemy)
endurance contest; test of endurance
purveyor (to the government or Imperial Household)
(an) exile; vagrant; wanderer; nomad
plain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (sometimes striped)
any of; either of; (to) any
kindness; favour; favor; hospitality
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
to strain every nerve; to feel nervous
to sentence; to assign a penalty
one's relatives by blood and marriage (in blood and law); one's kith and kin
the whole town; all over the town; throughout the town
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
pit viper (esp. the mamushi, Gloydius blomhoffi)
double-lined fusilier (Pterocaesio digramma); Taiwan (nickname); Takasago (classic noh play by Zeami)
(Meiji era) official responsible for court ceremonies
village headman (esp. in the Kanto region)
intimidating enough to quieten a crying child