to keep a promise; to keep one's word
Chrysanthemum Festival; one of the five annual festivals; celebrated on the 9th day of the 9th lunar month
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition
kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play; kabuki performance; make-believe; ruse
suō (ceremonial dress of lower-class samurai)
Tarōkaja (common name for a manservant)
to send a person on an errand
Ise pilgrimage; pilgrimage to the Ise Grand Shrine
invitation; introduction; temptation
to order; to command; to appoint
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); -ing
one's say; one's point; one's case; complaint; objection; grievance
someone; unknown person; I; me
but; however; even though; even if
since long ago; already; for quite a while; for some time now
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
Okamoto Kidou (1872.11.15-1939.3.1)
assistance; help; helper; babe; chick; broad
ten; 10; ten years of age
filial piety; showing devotion (to someone)
entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence
landlord; landlady; house owner; home owner; head of the household
middle palace guard (ritsuryō system)
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
bad reputation; ill repute; bad name; (arch.) evil deed; (arch.) wrongdoing; (arch.) wrongdoer
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction
troublesome (person, task, etc.); difficult; suffering; hardship; trouble
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
consideration; taking into account
address (e.g. opening or closing remarks); speech; ci (Chinese literary form); ancillary word
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
to get off one's backside; to bestir oneself
programme; program; plans; arrangements
to wear the mantle of (borrowed) authority and misuse it