principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me
prohibition; ban; embargo
sutra-based ballads accompanied by the samisen
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
new type; new style; new model; new strain (e.g. infectious disease)
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
peaceful; tranquil; calm; restful
the lower classes; the common people
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
side job; sideline; subsidiary business
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
indigenousness; being native (to a region); settling (of people); native; indigenous; aboriginal
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
lineage; pedigree; family line
popular name; common name; given name
Hansen's disease; leprosy
another name; nickname; alias; synonym (taxonomy)
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
rash decision; jumping to a conclusion
encouragement of agriculture
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
in turns; alternately; in order
one after another; in rapid succession
direct descent; direct line
collateral family; subsidiary line; affiliate; coset
to emphasize; to attach importance to
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
recitation (of a poem); chanting; singing; composition (of a poem); composed poem
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
traditional Japanese poem with verses of five and seven morae repeated at least three times, usu. ending with a verse of seven; long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Kyoto in the late 16th century)
occupation; calling; livelihood
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation