accompanying; being in attendance on; inner offerer (any of the 10 high-ranking monks serving at the inner offering hall)
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
Kanazawa (city in Ishikawa)
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
construction; establishment
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
to need; to demand; to take; to require
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
only; merely; but; no more than
to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
political and business circles; political and business establishment; politics and industry
adhesion; conglutination; collusion; collusive relationship
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
accepting bribes; corruption; graft
index; index number; exponent (e.g. in floating-point representation); characteristic
presence (of a nobleman, the emperor, etc.); outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); My Lord; My Lady
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
(one's) consideration; (taking) notice; interest; within the eye
any- (e.g. anything, anywhere, anyone); -ever (e.g. whatever, wherever, whenever); even (if it's just ...); at least; either ... or ...
to like; to prefer; to be pleased by
to stop; to prohibit; to forbid someone to do something
to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
repair; renovation; restoration
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
to take a view or perspective; to regard as; to consider to be
nth generation; nth (person to occupy a position, e.g. president)
favored geisha; beloved geisha; geisha somebody is showing favor to
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
to mourn over the death of
Bon festival; Feast of Lanterns; Buddhist ceremony held on July 15; ullambana
garden lantern; hanging lantern
memorial service for the dead; holding a service