hot-spring cure; taking the baths
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
polish; improvement; burnishing
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
world; society; people; the public
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
having a loose tongue; being talkative; speaking without thinking; being unable to keep a secret
spoiled; spoilt; ruined; loss of face
(Edo-period) town magistrate
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
apart from that; to return to the topic; enough of that
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
a little bit; a little while
to happen to hear; to overhear
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
fourth rank; fourth class; fourth sign of the Chinese calendar; Denmark
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
shogunal vassal; direct retainer of a shogun
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
to collect; to assemble; to gather
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
immovable; motionless; firm; Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
gambling den; gambling house
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
although I say; although one might say; although called
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
ruined temple; abandoned temple; temple ruins; closing a temple
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
already; now; no longer; not any more
governmental position of the shogunate, responsible for the management of temples and shrines