hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
questionable; doubtful; suspicious
to pray that one avoids disaster or illness; to pray for harm or death to come upon someone; to curse; to charm; to conjure; (arch.) to treat illness (with a prayer)
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information; taking care not to be fooled
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
to accept; to receive; to agree
obscurity; mystery; abstruseness
tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous
10,000,000; ten million; extremely large number; myriad
(for the) first time; something used (worn, etc.) for the first time; new item; first of the season (crop, fruit, etc.)
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
first generation; founder
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to prostrate oneself before
banquet or reception hall
abode (of a nobleman or emperor); Imperial chamber
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
official letter (from the Emperor, Prime Minister, etc.); personal message; handwritten letter; autograph letter
bringing; taking; carrying
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
walking briskly; determinedly
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
both hands; both arms; ten
polite; respectful; reverent
to accept an object and hold it reverently over one's head
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
secrecy; highly classified information
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone