hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
Enpō era (1673.9.21-1681.9.29)
new rice field; newly developed rice field; wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)
official notice; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace
Etchū (former province located in present-day Toyama Prefecture)
waste-disposal facility; landfill; garbage dump
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
back street; back alley; off-street
rotten smell; putrid odor
to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)
environmentally friendly; eco-friendly
incomparable; cannot compare (with); beyond comparison; in another league
forcibly; against one's will
modernization; modernisation
compensation; indemnification; reparation; consideration
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
solar energy; solar power
to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
individual differences; personal equation
busily; sedulously; laboriously; feverishly; fussily; worrying (about little things)
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
evening cool; cool of the evening
review; reconsideration; revision
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
each individual; each person
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
festival; feast; carnival
power; might; authority; influence