bleaching; soaking; bleached cotton (esp. wrapped around the torso); doxxing; doxing; public humiliation (Edo-period punishment)
have a pain in one's chest
to be steamed (properly, e.g. rice); to be stuffy; to grow musty; to get close
Nichiren sect; Tendai sect; Lotus Sutra
layman; believer; adherent; follower; laity
Nichiren sect of Buddhism (sometimes specifically referring to the Hokke school of Nichiren); Tendai sect of Buddhism
slander; calumny; defamation; libel; abuse
reeking of blood; stinking of blood; bloody (battle, crime, etc.)
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
attendance; presence; appearance
interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter
Society of Jesus; Jesuits
finish; completion; the end
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
Christianity (in feudal Japan); Christian
palanquin; litter; bier; portable shrine
audience with someone of high rank (e.g. the emperor)
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
average; ordinary; normal
narrow (blade); slender (figure, build); thin
to make someone's acquaintance; to become acquainted (with)
commemoration; celebration; remembrance; memento; souvenir; keepsake
completing a game; beating a game
to be excited; to be nervous; to be thrilled
konpeitō; small coloured sugar candy covered with tiny bulges
deep impression; being deeply moved; being deeply touched
charm; fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to captivate
insight; discernment; perception; perspicacity; acumen
opium poppy (Papaver somniferum)
molasses; black treacle; (sugar) syrup
candy; sweet; confectionary
pronunciation; production of sound
confections adopted from Portugal, Spain, etc. during the Muromachi period and since Japanized
moisture; humidity; dampness
good-natured; kind; good-quality
rock candy; sugar candy; crystallized sugar; sugar crystals
cracker; hard biscuit; hardtack