second-hand shop; curio shop
brazen (esp. of a woman's behavior); bold; rough; violent; person who eats or entertains without paying; freeloading sightseer
making one's way in the world; (making a) living; (earning a) livelihood; business; trade; occupation
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
black lacquer; black-lacquered object; jet black
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
unmistakable; evident; obvious; certain; beyond doubt
temper pattern of a sword blade
adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
disorder; disturbance; unrest
raw metal; unprocessed metal; base metal (for plating); (one's) true character; (one's) true colors
pupil (of the eye); one's eyes
straight grain; quartersawn grain
to get goosebumps; to have gooseflesh
to be suspicious of; to be doubtful of; to be dubious of
behavior; behaviour; manner
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
possession by a fox spirit; person possessed by a fox spirit
yamabushi; practitioner of Shugendō; itinerant Buddhist monk
exorcism; putting a deadly curse on; cursing to death
to take (someone to a place); to take (someone) with one; to take along; to lead away
flour; powder (for polishing, dusting, etc.)
attacking a passerby with a sword (to test its sharpness or one's skill); samurai who tries out his sword on a passerby
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); different person
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
victim; injured party; sufferer
middle of the night; dead of night
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
every evening; night after night
spring water; clear (pure) water
hollow; cavity; sunken place; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) female genitalia
samurai attached to a daimyo