outsider; layman; amateur
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
praise; admiration; exalting; extolling
advice; recommendation; suggestion; inducement; persuasion
slip of paper with a fortune-telling message; street fortune-teller
busy place; busy street; place that's always bustling with people; amusement quarters
diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer
crossroads; intersection; crossway; carrefour
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
to tell someone's fortune; to divine (the future); to predict; to forecast
anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago
oracle; revelation; divine message
oldest member of a group; longest-serving member
Watanabe No Tsuna (953-1025)
fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
to strike a pose (in kabuki); to assume a posture; to make a proud gesture; to put on an air of confidence; to speak boastfully
to emphasize; to attach importance to
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
beyond the heavens; farthest regions; furthest regions
to vacate; to surrender (e.g. a castle); to give up (e.g. a position); to hand over (e.g. power)
ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
to escape; to make one's getaway; to manage to get away
victory; triumph; win; conquest; success
gradually; day by day; every day; each day
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
balloon (toy or decoration); balloon (hot-air or gas)
soft; weak; fragile; poorly built; insubstantial
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
boiled water which has cooled; vessel used to cool hot water
to appease one's thirst; to wet one's whistle
high tide; high water; full tide
unbroken; endless; continuous