an old woman's gray hair; old woman with white hair
bamboo tea spoon for making Japanese tea
tea container having pronounced "shoulders" near the neck
postscript (to a book); verification; publication (in a book)
first flower of the season or year; first flowering on a plant; first menstruation; woman who has just reached adulthood
man of refined tastes; refined person; tea ceremony master; lewd man; lecher
medicine chest (container)
courtier; noble; people serving the Imperial Court
(a person's) family background; lineage
refined taste; elegant pursuits
mon; one-thousandth of a kan (unit of currency 1336-1870); 2.4 cm (traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes); letter; character; scripture
intimacy; familiarity; closeness
octagon; star anise (Illicium verum); sailfin poacher (Podothecus sachi)
address; lodgings; accommodation
outside daimyo; non-Tokugawa daimyo; outsider; one not included in the favored (favoured) group
remains; corpse; (dead) body
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens
oak (esp. Quercus serrata)
to weigh on a scale; to weigh up options; to compare pros and cons
receiving (from a superior); bestowed
beheading (as the ending to a seppuku); assistance; help
prince of royal blood; Imperial prince
to set on fire; to ignite
decapitated head of an enemy
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
importance; emphasis; stress
law; rule; regulation; destiny; fate; karma
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
assistant; adjunct; lieutenant
proceeding to the capital
to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer
now that it's come to this; since it's come to this
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
imperial palace (esp. Kyoto Imperial Palace); imperial residence; residence of a shogun, minister, etc.; emperor; ex-emperor; empress
poor thing!; pour soul!; what a pity!