(Edo-period variety of) realistic literature; popular stories of everyday life in the Edo period
Japanese puppet theatre in which recited narrative and dialog is accompanied by a shamisen (forerunner of bunraku)
mentioning later; discussing below
all; entire; whole; altogether
to arrive; to reach; to adhere; to insist on; to put on; to wear
Danrin school (of haikai poetry)
whole day and night; 24 hours
first 17-syllable verse of a renga; haiku; first five-syllable line of a tanka
show; performance; act; entertainment industry; show business
front of (the main building of) a shrine
The Life of an Amorous Man by Ihara Saikaku (famous novel from the Edo period)
lasciviousness; lechery; salaciousness; lust; sensuality; lewdness
generation; lifetime; age
novels or plays about the merchant class
making a rough estimate in one's head; expectation; anticipation
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
busy (phone); in talks; discussion underway
fury; frenzy; madness; wildness
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
adultery; immorality; impropriety; (an) affair
to have a relationship; to have relations
Manjusri (Bodhisattva); Monju; Monjushuri; Wenshu
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
proposal; proposition; suggestion
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
righteousness; justice; right
Tokugawa period (i.e. the Edo period, 1603-1867)
complete; whole; perfect; safe
to turn towards; to point
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
to express (in words); to confess