Vocabulary

to be very surprised; to be flabbergasted

sacred utensil

priest who was also a street performer and performed prayers and other religious duties for the sake of other people

short love song (popular in late Edo period)

famous sword; excellent sword

magic sword; cursed sword

to become fluffy; to become nappy; to become fuzzy; to fray; to pill

to be nappy; to be disheveled (hair)

type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap; wake-up sweets

early-morning treat (traditionally given to children in some parts of Japan); wake-up sweet

regulations pertaining to education

type of works; work item

sexless; without sex; sexlessness

consumables (when calculating expenses)

type of bronze Chinese coin first issued under Emperor Yuan of the Southern Liang dynasty worth the value of ten iron coins

light field gun

variant characters (usu. kanji or kana)

important local businessmen (in the Muromachi period); local leaders

money broker (Muromachi period)

debt cancellation order issued by the Emperor or the Shogun (during the Muromachi and Kamakura periods)

perfect (for); ideal; just right; most suitable; tailor-made

extreme

thinning scissors; thinning shears

carrier sense

substances requiring priority action (with regard to environmental issues); priority substance

sinking

stress control

useless member of society; hopeless case; failure

Ukyō no Daibu (title under the ritsuryō system); high steward

to get used to; to get familiar with; to get skillful (in doing); to become proficient

to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending

underground mining

underground coal mine

open-pit coal mine; open-cut coal mine

wealthy merchant

probably not so

whether or not; presence or absence

fire balloon (experimental weapon launched by Japan during World War II); balloon bomb

to show one's privates

blessing of heaven; winning with the initially dealt hand as dealer