oval gold coin struck by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1588
doctor to a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)
an offering of tea and hot water made to Buddha or the spirit of the deceased; a tea infusion; tea and hot water; tea ceremony
entertaining with food and drink; treating to dinner; wining and dining; immediately agreeing with someone else; pandering
to fix (e.g. to a wall); to secure; to install; to plant
evil spirit (that can possess people)
fastidiousness; faultfinding; nit-picking
developing new ideas based on study of the past; learning from the past
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
Ōnin era (1467.3.5-1469.4.28)
vigorous; cheerful; assertive
traditional (Chinese or Japanese) dry landscape garden
establishment; foundation
tea-ceremony arbor; tea-ceremony arbour
mon; one-thousandth of a kan (unit of currency 1336-1870); 2.4 cm (traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes); letter; character; scripture
Nihi (the two former provinces of Hizen and Higo)
point where one has to accept one's fate; point where one has to give up; state of resignation; resigned state
point below the navel (a focus point for internal meditative techniques)
tea-ceremony procedures; skill; dexterity; (arch.) you
high priest; highly-ranked priest; virtuous priest; priest of great sanctity and learning
unique thing; best on earth
to slander; to libel; to criticize; to criticise
stroke of the brush; touch; literary style
Etchū (former province located in present-day Toyama Prefecture)
tearoom; tea house; tea-ceremony room; tea arbour; tea arbor