Muromachi period (1333-1573)
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
Chikuzen (former province located in the west of present-day Fukuoka Prefecture)
common reed (Phragmites australis)
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
pitcher; water jug; watering can; container of fresh water for replenishing the kettle and rinsing bowls (tea ceremony)
Rikyuu; Sen no Rikyuu (1522-1591)
old man; venerable gentleman; venerable; old; father
item; article; dish; course; finest item
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
although I say; although one might say; although called
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
ancestor; forefather; foremother
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
serious; not joking; straight
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
fate; chance; relationship; tie
summer vacation; summer holiday
when it becomes; when it comes to
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)