headship of a family; family property
to take a backseat (to someone); to fall behind (someone); to be at a disadvantage; to be in a weak position; (lit.) to stand downwind
what's what; heads or tails
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
houses and inhabitants; population
safekeeping; temporary custody; claim check; deposit receipt; matter left undecided; unresolved issue
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; attachment; contact play; sound effect produced by striking a wooden board with clappers
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
vengeance; revenge; retaliation
prison; jail; slammer; pen
prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling
farmer; bumpkin; yokel; peasant
making one's way in the world; (making a) living; (earning a) livelihood; business; trade; occupation
head of a sleeping person
female fox; vixen; she-fox; woman who deceives men
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
longer type of wakizashi (short sword)
to get excited; to be roused (to action); to get the itch (to do)
remainder; remnant; not very; not much; too much; excessively
preview of next installment (TV shows, podcasts, etc.)
writing life; period of life spent writing
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; marijuana; cannabis; not genuine
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
reminiscent smile; laughing at a memory; smiling to oneself as one recalls something pleasant or amusing
order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface
sunlight; sunshine; Nikkō (city in Tochigi); Suryaprabha (bodhisattva)
all sorts of; various; miscellaneous; motley
epitaph; inscription on a tombstone
Baden (Switzerland); Virden (Canada)
cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes; remains (of war dead)
to feign innocence; to feign ignorance; to wipe one's mouth
circumstances; sequence of events; how things got this way; details; particulars
outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits
to talk of one's dreams (esp. unrealistic, far-fetched ones); to dream out loud