Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)
bold; shameless; cheeky; brash; impudent
comparatively; relatively
to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark
form; method; system; formula
prescribed form (of writing); format
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
execution; carrying out; execution; lead monk performing various tasks in a temple
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; way out (of trouble); excuse
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
leak; leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
you can't control what people say; you can't stop rumours (rumors)
for appearances' sake; for appearance sake
document; letter; writing; contents (e.g. of a letter)
instruction; teaching; guidance; informing
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
to spread; to be propagated
worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class
(measuring) scale; rule; scale; scope; (musical) scale; weighing scale
the reverse (side); back (side); other side; hidden side; behind the scenes
to agree; to decide upon; to enter into (a contract)
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
lonely (place); remote; in the middle of nowhere
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; here and there; (sound of) walking slowly
suggestion; proposition; proposal; submission (of a bill); motion; proposal
historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular
leading person; foremost figure
hail (esp. hailballs under 5 mm); graupel; dicing; small cubes; roasted mochi pieces (usu. flavoured with soy sauce, etc.)
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryō period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
head; brains; intellect; understanding
throw; throwing; resigning (a game of shogi, go, etc.); giving up; selling at a loss; sell-off
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
inquiry commission; enquiry commission; research group
writing (a book); book; (literary) work; writings
to copy; to duplicate; to describe; to depict; to imitate; to model after