transverse flute (e.g. a fife)
large warship of the Muromachi and early Edo periods
Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)
apostasy; renunciation (e.g. of a religion); defection
Chinese windmill palm (Trachycarpus fortunei); Chusan palm; hemp palm
man of refined tastes; refined person; tea ceremony master; lewd man; lecher
Japanese rat snake (Elaphe climacophora)
tea gathering (for the tea ceremony); some matter concerning tea; family tea gathering held in memory of deceased ancestors
padre; title for Portuguese Jesuits (in Japan in the 16th century); Christianity; Christian
Sun Goddess; Amaterasu Ōmikami
grey wall covering material (gray)
red; red kidney bean; sweet potato (any of a number of different cultivars with red skin); bowl of shaved ice with boiled adzuki beans
bitter liquid; (fig.) bitter experience
refined taste; elegant pursuits
tonsure; shaving one's head (upon entering the Buddhist priesthood)
to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all
saltpeter; saltpetre; niter; nitre; potassium nitrate
busying oneself about (something); being on the move; bestirring oneself; on the go; taking an active interest
(another person's) younger sister
blue-green; turquoise; aqua; (arch.) spirogyra; (arch.) algae forming pond scum
ruler of the whole country; person who holds the reins of government
to arrest; to capture; to seize
old name for part of Hyogo prefecture
girl; young (unmarried) woman
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; after all
plan; scheme; intention; project; design
early Japanese Christianity (from the later Muromachi period); early Japanese Christian
unification of the whole country
honourable poverty; honorable poverty