being on duty with a colleague; partner; colleague
fee paid for the services of a geisha or prostitute
Pisces (constellation); the Fish; the Fishes; (arch.) fishmongers' guild
baby's first annual festival
miser; cheapskate; skinflint
acting according to one's inclinations
taking someone around; guidance; (arch.) parading a criminal through town before their execution (Edo period)
dish of vegetables, konnyaku, etc. simmered in soy sauce and water until the liquid is almost gone
to backfire; to have a harmful result
to be conspicuous; to attract public attention
chaperoning; monitoring someone's behaviour; watchdog; chaperone; watcher
(another's respected) father
daimyo's alternating Edo residence; official attendance service (by a daimyo in the Edo period)
another's parent; another's parents
cold rice; hanger-on; dependent; disgraced former actor
Buddha's birthday festival (April 8th); Vesak
to make one's way in the world; to earn one's living; to live
Inaba (former province located in the east of present-day Tottori Prefecture)
to compete for the first place; to be one of the best
celebratory drink; celebratory spirits; holiday cheer
katsuobushi; small pieces of sliced dried bonito
(story of the) Forty-seven Rōnin; the Treasury of Loyal Retainers; Chūshingura
(licensed) red light district
Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha (5th c. BCE?)
wakizashi; short sword worn by samurai
the good fortune to have been born male
out of control; out of hand; unmanageable
opportunity to show one's abilities; time to show one's stuff; one's province
to be beside oneself; to lose one's head; to go mad with something
to prove a loss; to be a disadvantage; to not pay