translation and annotation; translation with notes; translator's notes
pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story
secret method; secret process; secret formula; esoteric rituals (in Shingon Buddhism)
separate volume; extra issue; supplement; additional volume; supplementary volume
reading-book; reader; guidebook; textbook (esp. a pre-war elementary school Japanese language textbook)
high priest; highly ranked priest; virtuous priest; priest of great sanctity and learning
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
revision of a text (by comparison of variant sources); emendation; recension
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
Yamaguchi Masaya (1954.11-)
change; transformation; inversion
burr (e.g. on a machined edge)
Island; insula; island; islet
Ubume; birthing woman ghost in Japanese folklore
inscrutable; unmeasurable; unpredictable
beginning of autumn; beginning of fall
wood-block printing; publication
check (pattern); plaid; check; inspection; check (mark); tick; checking (something) out
scuba; scuba diving equipment; scuba gear
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
to spend a fortune; to pay a high price
in spite of; despite; although; regardless of; irrespective of
beach; seashore; seaside; coast
first thing after rising; as soon as getting up
inadvertently; for no special reason; truthfully; unexpectedly; after realizing; without knowing
to charm; to attract; to fascinate; to entice
(swimming) pool; pool (cue sport); pooling (money, resources, etc.); pool (price ring)
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
to be absorbed in reading; to get lost in reading; to be immersed in (a book)
to finish reading; to read through
to flare up; to burst into flames
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence
success; boom; being well-attended (of an event); prosperity