hard-nosed; strong-willed; determined; unyielding; stubborn; resolute
pledge made over sake cups; exchange of nuptial cups
concern; sympathy; solicitude; nature; disposition; temperament
type of jōruri recitation
liquor-soaked; continuous drinking; daily drinking; binge drinking
waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant); hostess
useless; worthless; absurd; baloney
poor or lowly masterless samurai
to make laugh; to set to laughing
manager; controller; chief treasurer; boss (of a gambling den)
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
nevertheless; even then; however; be that as it may; even so; though that it be so
to be bad for health; to affect one's health
shipping agent; boathouse; inn for sailors
daimyo's main Tokyo mansion
hairdresser; hairdressing
Nandikesvara (Ganesh in the Buddhist pantheon)
eastern army (e.g. in a civil war); Eastern Army (Battle of Sekigahara)
faintly; weakly; dimly; fool; simpleton; dimwit
to keep a house; to run a household
repeatedly; several times; many times
for a certain reason; owing to unavoidable circumstances
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
that's right; yes; uh-huh
flag; pataka (banner); banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
difficult problem; challenge
one's home; hometown; native place; birthplace
pains; efforts; trouble; labor; labour; services
shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes)
bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely
way of the sword; swordsmanship
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
kōji; malted rice; malt; malt-like material from growing mold on rice, barley, beans, etc. (used as a starter to make sake, miso, soy sauce, etc.)
having no idea what will happen; God only knows; there is no knowing; you never can tell