actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
fee; charge; rate; material
place to put something; place where one put something; place to put oneself
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
racketeer; thug; rogue; bully; fixer
public bathhouse; building with a bath (esp. in a shrine or temple)
hairdresser; hairdressing
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
(Edo-period) roadside teahouse where one would go to relax (in comparison with a restaurant style teahouse and teahouse offering sexual services); tea stall
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to become the focus of (attention, sympathy, hope, etc.)
that year; same year; same age
defend and maintain; support; protection
to appoint; to nominate; to assume (responsibility); to pose as
founding a temple (on a hill-top)
history; pedigree; lineage
direct connection; direct link
prostitute (esp. Edo period)
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
unfounded (e.g. rumour); groundless; baseless; completely untrue
false rumor (rumour); false alarm; misinformation
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
can't help; won't make much difference
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
forcing; enforcement; forced; enforced