for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
beginning of the year; early in the New Year
January; first month of the lunar calendar
twenty-first day of the month; twenty-one days
burglary; burglar; closet
to entrust; to leave to a person
Acala (Wisdom King); Acalanatha; Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity
garden lantern; hanging lantern
to be muddy; to be slushy
to hit the bull's-eye; to go as expected
subordinate; underling; henchman; minion
the Boar (twelfth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Pig; hour of the Boar (around 10pm, 9-11pm, or 10pm to 12 midnight); north-northwest; tenth month of the lunar calendar
blind female beggar who sings or plays shamisen
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
attaining Buddhahood; becoming a Buddha; entering Nirvana; going to heaven; resting in peace; dying (peacefully)
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
to employ; to hire; to charter
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
along the way; along the road
(Edo-period) town magistrate
thereupon; shortly thereafter
support; backing; aid; assistance
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
for some reason or other; somehow; whatsitsname; what-you-call-it; and so on; and you know the rest