to blow up (i.e. wind); to blow upwards; to spout into the air
tearoom; tea house; tea-ceremony room; tea arbour; tea arbor
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)
hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln
pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure
bluish-violet; royal purple
indicates the target of an activity; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
loyalty; loyal (faithful) service
(sound of) wind blowing through pine trees; (sound of) steam whistling in a kettle (at a tea ceremony); matsukaze; sugar-glazed cookie sprinkled with sesame or poppy seeds
Nichiren school of Buddhism
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
visit (to a religious site, e.g. shrine, temple, grave)
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
condition; situation; prospects
governmental position of the shogunate, responsible for the management of temples and shrines
chamberlain; castle keeper
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
proceeding to Kyoto; entering Kyoto
abode of demons; hotbed (of graft); pandemonium
to cense; to burn incense
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
political measures; policy
politician (or someone otherwise engaged in politics); statesman
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel
house of a prince of the blood
a line; a streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident); (arch.) the same logic
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
well-known; noted; celebrated
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
to be arrested; to be put in bonds
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct