normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty
only because ...; definitely not; certainly not; if actually
loan; debit and credit; lending and borrowing
debt; liabilities; obligation to a person or party (usu. legal or contractual)
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
(words of) praise; eulogy
ascent; climbing; ascending (path); upbound (esp. toward Tokyo)
curious; strange; unusual
potentiality; dormancy; latency
striking just before one's opponent makes a move
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
pressure; oppression; suppression
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
cheap literature; writing for amusement; light literature popular in the late Edo period
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
late Edo-period novelette about life in the red-light districts
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
name of a town; name of a street; name of a neighborhood
deductive reasoning; deduction
Sanuki (former province located in present-day Kagawa Prefecture)
Genji and Heike clans; two opposing sides
(inferior) imitator; epigone; poor imitation; follower; adherent; person belonging to the same school (e.g. of thought)
travels; pilgrimage; itinerancy
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
to prove; to substantiate
Wakasa (former province located in the south of present-day Fukui Prefecture)
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
death anniversary; Buddhist anniversary service
oddity; eccentricity; peculiarity
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
blindness; blind person; illiteracy; illiterate person; ignorance; ignoramus
to be in opposition; to be in private life
the present age; these days; (present) head of the family
custom; convention; common practice; (arch.) becoming accustomed (to)
mourning; (arch.) calamity; (arch.) misfortune
Her Majesty the Empress (of Japan)
the Empress, the Empress Dowager and the Grand Empress Dowager; emperor's second consort; empress; palace of the empress; building of a Shinto shrine built on middle ground; demesne of the imperial palace