clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
government service; entering government service; (of a ronin) finding a new lord or master to serve
vagrancy; wandering; nomadism
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
treatment as a guest; guest
Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
keeping house; being confined to one's house
indicates the target of an activity; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
talk (of the town); rumour; rumor; gossip
to be at a complete loss; to be without recourse; to be completely stymied; to have absolutely no idea what to do
nice-looking; seemingly fine; nice-sounding; polite-sounding; plausible (e.g. excuse); glib
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
escort (e.g. under guard); convoy
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts
(arch.) poor; (arch.) unskillful; (arch.) clumsy; I; me
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
ancient and modern times; all ages; past and present
to meet; to assemble; to gather; to encounter; to run into
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
Island; insula; island; islet
haori (Japanese formal coat)
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
Bizen (former province located in the southeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
to take along; to hold in the hand; to hang (e.g. from the shoulder or waist)