task, duties

(Buddhism) karma / sin, misdeed / abbreviation of 業腹 (gōhara): resentment, resentful

凶夢: inauspicious dream; nightmare

検校: an honorary title given to highly skilled blind musicians

use; effect; means

for the use of, for the purpose of, in case of

杜父魚: a Japanese fluvial sculpin (species Cottus pollux), more commonly known as 鰍 (kajika)

shape, form, style

業者: dealer, trader, merchant; manufacturer, contractor

conjecture about a presently occurring situation that the speaker has no direct knowledge about