compensation; reparation; price (of achieving a goal); cost; paying compensation on someone's behalf; compensation
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
public affair; government matter; duke; prince; Sir; Lord
Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
sense of isolation; (feelings of) loneliness
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling
postponing until the next fine day in case of rain
it can't be helped; there is no choice; inevitable; unavoidable
with a boom; with a crash; with a rumble
saving (e.g. time, money, resources); economising; economizing
domestically produced; domestic; Japanese-made
broiled eel served over rice in a lacquered box
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine); omikuji
to redraw (a line); to catch (a cold) again; to consult (a reference) again
Jetavana Monastery (India); Jetavana-vihara
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
The Tale of the Heike; Heike Monogatari
desolate field; withered field
to run about; to rush about
oak tree; (arch.) imperial palace guard
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
kurin; nine vertically stacked rings on a pagoda finial
BC; Before Christ; biological and chemical (weapons)
pinch-hitting; pinch hitter; performing a duty in place of someone else; proxy
regular customer; valued client
sock it!; wallop it!; make a good hit!
big fan (of something or someone); great fan
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
news flash; prompt report; bulletin; quick announcement
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
one stroke (of a brush); a few lines (of writing); note; writing in one go (without stopping to apply more ink to the brush); parcel (of land); same handwriting
report to the throne; reporting to the emperor; reporting to the monarch; offering (a prayer) to the deity
heyday; prime; one's glory; the height of one's prosperity
weeping; sobbing; softly (crying); with a prolonged dull pain; having a griping pain
eternal; everlasting; perpetual; immemorial
hair coloring; hair colouring; hair dye
makuragaeshi; monster that flips pillows over at night; changing a pillow position (esp. for a dead body); acrobatic routine involving multiple wooden pillows