percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
westward trip; trip to the West
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
descendant (usu. of a certain generation); (arch.) lineage; (arch.) pedigree; (arch.) grandchild
Sha Wujing; Sandy (character from the Chinese novel Journey to the West)
moonlight; moon; moonbeams
Hyogo (prefecture); armory; armoury; arsenal
collar; color; colour; hair colouring (coloring); calla (variety of arum lily)
peace and tranquillity; halcyon times of peace; peaceful world
poor or lowly masterless samurai
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
doing whatever one pleases
(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to join together; to combine; to join up
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
depiction; description; portrayal
to come uninvited; to crash (a party); to butt in
one roll; one book; one volume; first volume; rolling once; wrapping once around
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level