strict; rigid; exact; fair; impartial
self restraint; moderating one's behaviour; penitence; confinement to one's home; house arrest
flamboyant; extravagant; showy; attention-seeking
seclusion; reclusion; retirement (from activities)
firm adherence to one's principles; chastity (of a woman)
officiating priest; presiding priest at a ceremony; religious teacher; highly-ranked priest; guru; instructor (yoga, etc.)
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
shadow; shade; shading; nuance; shades of meaning; subtleties
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
inveigling; ensnaring; enticement; cajoling
decrease; reduction; decline
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
isolation; being alone; being friendless
arbitrariness; despotism; high-handedness; tyranny
Harima (former province located in the southwestern part of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)
oldest member of a group; longest-serving member
to become experienced (after many years of practice)
corrupt monk; greedy monk; (arch.) liar
one of these days; someday; one day
tail (animal); tail end; tip
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
counter for pairs of socks, shoes, etc.
bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
lasciviousness; lechery; salaciousness; lust; sensuality; lewdness
to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread
limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent