ritual music and dancing in shrines and temples; rice dance; rice festival; tofu (or fish, etc.) baked and coated with miso; turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-tofu on both sides
dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre
(Japanese-style) dining table
seat; bench; temporary job while looking for a better job or until one marries
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
merchant house employee; tradesman
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
essence and fringe; beginning and ending; root and branch; means and end
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
shogunate retainer; shogunate vassal
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
one's place of appointment; one's post
ration; stipend; allowance
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
expression; look; countenance; face
to be enrolled (in a college, course of study, etc.); to be a member (of an organization)
feelings; thoughts; meaning
sincere; earnest; serious
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
dismissal; firing; retirement; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a burden
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to wish (for); to pray (for); to hope (for); to pray silently; to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind; to chant (a silent prayer)
leisurely post; do-nothing job; sinecure
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
being isolated and helpless; fighting (struggling) alone and unassisted
this is why; this means; it is the case that
to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)
and; thereupon; because of that
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
strenuous effort; earnestness; seriousness
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of