star anise (Illicium verum)
to be immersed; to be pickled
to push down; to knock down
visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship
the whole month; all the month
mountain grass; mountain weed; mountain plant; Gleichenia japonica (species of fern with white-backed leaves)
one should not get involved in a marital quarrel
candy vendor (esp. an Edo-period candy vendor who sold candy while walking around playing the flute or another musical instrument); candy vender
distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to
the treasure that is children; child
to breathe (heavily); to pant; to gasp; to sigh
the five commissioners (administrative organ of feudal Japan established by Toyotomi Hideyoshi)
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
many torii; torii corridor
Yuuki Hideyasu (1574-1607)
to be incompatible; to be contradictory
kakekotoba; pivot word; play on words (esp. in poetry); pun
Kyoto dialect; Kyoto accent
(man's) father-in-law; father of one's wife
family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period
garden soil; soil used in a garden
iris (flower); Siberian iris (Iris sanguinea); (arch.) sweet flag (Acorus calamus); (arch.) calamus
going out (of a nobleman, etc.); visiting
branch shrine; corporate spin-off; split-off business
age relationship; luck attending age
Iwaki (former province located in the central and eastern parts of present-day Fukushima and southern Miyagi prefectures)
looking tipsy; seeming drunk
hazy; dim; faint; minced fish or meat that is seasoned and fried
land and sea; army and navy
enquiry; inquiry; consultation
earnestly; immediately; exactly