Imperial Family; Imperial Household
the shogunate (administration)
maintenance; preservation; improvement
difficult problem; challenge
coat; tunic; jacket; outer garment
founding a country; opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world; ending (a policy of) national seclusion
bizarre; strange; weird; grotesque
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
man of virtue; humanitarian
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
amorous glance; leer; shade (of color); tint; ingratiation; sycophancy
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
mediation; intermediation; procuration; entertainment; treatment; reception
natto (fermented soybeans)
monk; priest, particularly a high-ranking Zen monk honored by the imperial court
ancestral; hereditary; imported; transmitted; handed down
look; glance; stone (in the game of go)
historic spot; historic remains; ruins
Sagittaria trifolia var. edulis (edible variant of threeleaf arrowhead)
to toss (i.e. one's head); to wave (i.e. a flag); to stand up energetically; to raise one's voice
south side of a mountain; Sanyo district
taking no notice (of); thinking nothing of; disregarding; not aware of; completely ignoring; being out of consideration
one's own handwriting; autograph; holograph
(some type of) enthusiast; somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
ridge of earth between rice fields; ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel; footpath between rice fields; causeway
obstinacy; atman; the self; the ego
dhyana (profound meditation); Zen (Buddhism)
unpreparedness; falsehood; Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
region south of Tokyo on Pacific Ocean side of Japan; eastern sea; East Sea (Korean name for Sea of Japan)
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine