selection by the state (esp. of a defense lawyer); appointment; assignment
painting something vermillion; lacquering something vermillion; vermillion-lacquered object
three sun (ca. 9.1 cm); something small, short or thin (roughly the size of three sun); stall-keeper; huckster; (arch.) prostitute of the lowest rank
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
general situation; general trend; general tendency; way things are moving; current (of the times); tide (e.g. of public opinion)
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
comrade; friend; associate; colleague; fellow student; fellow apprentice
late at night; small hours of the morning
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
acting as go-between; good offices
agency that dispatches lodged servants
popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
mole; lentigo; beauty spot
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
dedication; offering; presentation; oblation
reformation; revolution; renewal; Meiji Restoration