inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
to disperse; to chase away; to pursue relentlessly; to be in hot pursuit
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
guardhouse (Edo-period city)
unloading a barge; small pieces of fried tofu; palanquin that carried guests to and from the red light district
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
surgery; department of surgery (hospital, etc.)
guard on sword, polearms, etc.; flange; brim; visor (e.g. of a hat)
three sun (ca. 9.1 cm); something small, short or thin (roughly the size of three sun); stall-keeper; huckster; (arch.) prostitute of the lowest rank
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days
clothes; clothing; garments
kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat
kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
alas; regrettably; to my great regret; tragically
to work hard; to work diligently
the same style; same school; common origin
another style; another school (of thought, karate, etc.)
contest between different schools (of fencing, etc.)
thoughtless; reckless; seldom; rare; ordinary; usual
lower part; foot; lower direction; left part of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage right (actor's POV)
long roofed passageway (originally having an earthen floor and used as a bridle path)
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
match; game; bout; contest
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
to turn up (one's face or a card)
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
haughty; arrogant; proud; stuck-up
drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke; doing (something) suddenly and without warning; doing without prior notice
Yamaguchi (city, prefecture)
origin; source; virtuous ancestor
on the way back; when about to go back
(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill