story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)
Kamakura period (1185-1333 CE)
to have an eye on; to zero in on
recommendation; putting in a good word for someone
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
biological child; one's own child
story; tale; talk; discussion
to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully
preliminary consultation; arrangements
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
repetitious; long-winded; heavy (taste); (overly) rich; gaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud
face; honour; honor; appearance; look
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
personal affair; one's own affair
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
unfilial son; undutiful son; thankless son; unfilial daughter; undutiful daughter; thankless daughter
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
one's son; you little bastard; you little brat
horn; antler; antenna; feeler; horn-like projection (e.g. peaks of whipped cream)
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
firmly; absolutely; flatly; by far; far and away; by a long shot
to save face; to keep face; to not lose face
to insist on; to persist in; to be obstinate
very insolent; extremely audacious; reprehensible
disinheritance; disowning
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
to be at a complete loss; to be without recourse; to be completely stymied; to have absolutely no idea what to do
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)