painting of flowers and birds; bird-and-flower genre in Chinese and Japanese painting
ritual visits to a temple
to hold a memorial service for the dead, praying for their happiness in the next life by chanting sutras
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
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
to meet somebody by chance; to happen upon
badger game; scheme in which a man and woman trick another man into a compromising situation for blackmail
pushing something out; extrusion; presence; appearance; run walked in; pushing one's opponent out by pressing one's hands up against them
shogunate retainer; shogunate vassal
to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up
great benefactor; person to whom one is greatly indebted
hatchet; axe; wood-chopping; wood-splitting
Kazusa (former province located in the central part of present-day Chiba Prefecture)
old friend; familiar face
Tenpō era (1830.12.10-1844.12.2)
Sarcandra glabra (species of flowering shrub in the family Chloranthaceae); 1000 ryō (an old Japanese coin)
money to cover the cost of preparations or arrangements
heavenly voice; off the record instructions; influential person's opinion; powerful person's verdict
bodhi; enlightenment; happiness in the next world