(acting as an) intermediate; mediation; employment office (Edo period)
profligate; licentious; of loose morals; emotional; passionate; sentimental
to speak eloquently; to talk volubly
meat eating; eating of meat; meat diet; carnivorous
advocate; disputant; debater; (present) writer; author
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
once in a lifetime; once in one's life
state ceremony (esp. an enthronement); imperial ceremony; important ceremony (in one's life, e.g. wedding, funeral)
cannot be helped; unavoidable
three-times-three exchange of nuptial cups
matchmaker; go-between; intermediary; middleman
one pole (esp. used for fishing poles); one rod
nature's beauty (cool breeze and bright moon)
water pepper (Persicaria hydropiper f. purpurascens)
to break and run (e.g. of a defeated army or panicking crowd); to flee in disorder; to scatter in all directions
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.); vaudeville theater (theatre); music hall
to hit (e.g. with a car); to knock down; to reject; to eliminate; to refuse (e.g. a request); to deny; to flip
evening meal; dinner; supper
chill (esp. in autumn); chilliness
to pull together with the hands; to adjust (e.g. one's collar); to arrange
people; men and women; each person; everybody
proper; right; reasonable
to realize one's error; to realize one's errors
greeting the New Year (on New Year's Eve); welcoming the New Year
the other day; some time ago; recently
one hundred years ago; a hundred year previously
the underworld; the other world; realm of the dead; Hades
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
undutifulness to one's parents; lack of filial piety; (arch.) (the crime of) cursing one's parents; (arch.) disowning one's child
taking leave (of a visited place); leaving; going home; leaving one's employment; quitting one's job; being dismissed
hometown; rural township (of China)
quitting one's job as a government official to return to live quietly in one's own native region
to come to (in the end); to end in; to attribute; to blame
to rattle; to be bumpy; to be shaky; to be unsteady
particulars; details; specified items