Korean delegation to Japan (Edo period)
dyeing; printing; blue and white ceramics (china, porcelain)
sword hunt; sword confiscation
Japan; name for Japan used in ancient China
morning assembly; morning gathering; morning meeting
to toady; to be obsequious
decorative ceiling painting
execution; death by execution
land survey; cadastral survey
thrush (esp. the dusky thrush, Turdus naumanni)
refined taste; elegant pursuits
large triple gate to temple
not at all inferior to; compare favorably (with); being even better than; rivalling; surpassing
Ōu (the two former provinces of Mutsu and Dewa); Tōhoku
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
fish pen; holding pond; fish tank; live well; live-box
master of the tea ceremony; person with eccentric tastes
wooden statue; wooden image; wooden idol
monk; priest, particularly a high-ranking Zen monk honored by the imperial court
Goryeo (dynasty of Korea; 918-1392 CE); Korea (esp. the Goguryeo kingdom or the Goryeo dynasty)
Hades; the underworld; the other world; realm of the dead
to convey (a message, e.g. to one's superior); to communicate; to pass on; to pass along
one (esp. of two); the other; one way; on the other hand
India; cotton sheeting; foreign; imported; ultra-spicy; extra hot
grhapati (layman; sometimes used as a posthumous suffix); private-sector scholar
to pilfer; to filch; to pocket; to make off with
area under direct control (of the shogun)
Tsushima (former province located on Tsushima Island in present-day Nagasaki Prefecture); Tsushima (island)
stroke of the brush; touch; literary style
principle; aim; main purpose; central part; pillar