custom; habit; customary practice
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal
advance or retreat; moving forwards or backwards; course of action; behaviour; remaining in one's post or resigning; staying or leaving
Mara; demon king who attempted to hinder Gautama Buddha from attaining enlightenment; obstacle to enlightenment; penis
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
assistant (esp. in show business or sumo); attendant; chaperon
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
plainly; clearly; vividly
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
inexperienced; incompetent; inept; incapable; careless
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
unnatural death; violent death
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
thick; viscous; muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.); to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky
to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements
to run; to hurry (when going somewhere); to drive (a car) quickly; to ride fast (on a horse); to win (fame)
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
in accordance with; according to
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
traveling expenses; travelling expenses
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
paper-covered folded fan used in noh and storytelling; paper fan used in slapstick comedy
to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say