same country; same province; the (said) country
to make hand-rolled sushi
passing away; dying; death
the n-th generation head of a family
God bless me!; Good heavens!
licensed; chartered; officially allowed; legitimate
being without a name; being nameless; namelessness
unification of the whole country
haughty; holding one's head high
peerless; unequaled; unequalled
precarious situation; precarious state
desperation; struggle to the death
Sanzu River (Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx)
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
sushi shop; sushi restaurant; sushi bar
Tanba (former province located in parts of present-day Kyoto, Hyogo and Osaka prefectures)
one stroke (of a brush); a few lines (of writing); note; writing in one go (without stopping to apply more ink to the brush); parcel (of land); same handwriting
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
internal organ; viscera; gut
long (time); longstanding; for a long time
serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
going out (of a nobleman, etc.); visiting
raging fire; conflagration
smoke screen; dazzler; camouflage; deceptive means; magic; witchcraft
white stone; white (go pieces)
body double; double; wire puller; person behind the scenes; shadow commander
to fight to the bitter end
surprisingly; stunningly; astonishingly; wonderfully
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine
insolent fellow; rude fellow
to be; to exist; to be (honorific copula)
nobleman; dignitary; feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyō; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world
than; other than; except; but