moisture; damp; richness; warmth; financial leeway; gains
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
dawn; daybreak; Tenmei era (1781.4.2-1789.1.25)
Matsudaira Fumai (1751-1818.5.28)
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless
tea container (usually for thick tea used at the tea ceremony)
tea container having pronounced "shoulders" near the neck
fat; tallow; lard; grease
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
at that time; in those days
famous utensil; excellent utensil; famed musical instrument (e.g. a Stradivarius); excellent musical instrument; excellent vagina; formidable vulva
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
transactions; dealings; business
one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
request; appeal; claim; purchase
outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
writing (especially of a Zen monk); penmanship
to put together; to assemble
daimyo's alternating Edo residence; official attendance service (by a daimyo in the Edo period)
box carried on one's back to store books; wooden box carried on one's back to store items for a pilgrimage
palanquin; litter; bier; portable shrine
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
family positioned to accede to the shogunate
immediately; right away; on the spot
instead; but (on the other hand)
dominion; territory; possession
receiving (from a superior); bestowed
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
entreaty; solicitation; earnest request
certainty; reality; regular; permanent; samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation)
repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row