medley (of food, songs, etc.); (snow or sand) drift
painting of flowers and birds; bird-and-flower genre in Chinese and Japanese painting
virtue; Meitoku era (of the Northern Court) (1390.3.26-1392.10.5); Meitoku era (of reunified Japan) (1392.10.5-1394.7.5)
grey moustache; white beard
ritual visits to a temple
to hold a memorial service for the dead, praying for their happiness in the next life by chanting sutras
reading (a text) aloud without trying to understand it
to keep to oneself (secret, etc.)
to take a commission; to take a cut; to take a piece of the action; to take a kickback
short-tempered; quick-tempered; impatient; hasty; rash
past misdeeds; old crimes
pious men and women; religious people; the faithful
to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel
three times a day (of meals)
a suitor; an accuser; a complainant; an informant; sue; accuse
tea-server; flatterer; sycophant
fabrication; lie; fiction
homelessness; homeless person; being removed from the family register (Edo period)
to be tonsured; to have one's head shaved; to become a monk
religious mendicancy; asking for alms; monk's begging; going with one's bowl to the meditation hall at mealtime (in a Zen temple)
hardships of poverty; serious poverty
(someone's) assistance; help; aid; grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); blessing
remote island; distant island; punishment by exile to a remote island
fund-raising; fund collecting
educational policies or administration; Bunsei era (1818.4.22-1830.12.10)
to worry about; to be vexed
insertion; plug; (electrical) outlet; spasm of pain; griping pain
kawaraban (type of Edo-period single-page newspaper)
to meet somebody by chance; to happen upon
blackmail; extortion; persistent demand
hidden; concealed; unknown; passing away; dying; death
slightly good luck (as a fortune telling result)