wooden box carried on one's back to store items for a pilgrimage
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
Hida (city, region of Gifu Prefecture, Edo-period province)
rowdy fellow; tough; bully; ruffian
wind; gas; fart; something worthless; something not worth considering
nun; bitch; Amagasaki, Hyogo; Amazon (online retailer)
old woman; joker (card); hag; bitch
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
supervision; superintendence; chairmanship; chairman
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
lonely (place); remote; in the middle of nowhere
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
stone mortar; millstone; quern
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
to be astonished; to be flabbergasted; to be startled; to be amazed
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
young man; youth; lad; servant boy; young shopboy
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
wandering samurai; soldier of fortune; brigand; mountain-dwelling robber
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
discussion; discourse; lecture; sermon
fraud; trickery; hoax; swindle; counterfeit; fake
trees and stones; unfeeling person
curiosity; inquisitiveness
Genji and Heike clans; two opposing sides
younger scholar; future reference
to banter; to make fun of; to cool; to refrigerate; to window-shop; to look at without buying
shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.
to force one's way; to push through
Japanese white birch (Betula platyphylla var. japonica)
to mix with; to be mixed; to be mingled