legal wife of a regent, of the imperial adviser, or of an official at the Grand Council of State
gift for close relatives or friends (given on the occasion of a family celebration); family celebration; private celebration
large utensil stand (tea ceremony)
imperial order; imperial will
drizzle; light rain; fine rain
sword hunt; sword confiscation
man of refined tastes; refined person; tea ceremony master; lewd man; lecher
court; Imperial Palace or household
courtier; noble; people serving the Imperial Court
to be disgusted; to be repulsed; to get the creeps
equipment used in rituals
apologies; excuse me; I'm sorry
having a short time to live; having not much longer to live; having little time left; (one's) days are numbered
duty; obligation; responsibility
rule over the whole country
red; red kidney bean; sweet potato (any of a number of different cultivars with red skin); bowl of shaved ice with boiled adzuki beans
Imperial Palace; Imperial Court
land survey; cadastral survey
attending (upon); keeping another company
refined taste; elegant pursuits
great virtue; virtuous priest; priest; rich person
assistant vice-minister (ritsuryo system, early Meiji period)
unique; peerless; invaluable; priceless
touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant)
badger; raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides)
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
lucky or unlucky aspect of a given day
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
Goryeo (dynasty of Korea; 918-1392 CE); Korea (esp. the Goguryeo kingdom or the Goryeo dynasty)
unique thing; best on earth
vague; obscure; vast; boundless