Song dynasty (China, 960-1279); Sung dynasty; Liu Song dynasty (China, 420-479); Liu Sung dynasty; Song (ancient Chinese state, 11th century-286 BCE); Sung
(nth) power; counter for vehicles; multiplication; Buddha's teachings
variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres); six ken (10.91 m)
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
paying; remunerative; advantageous; profitable
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
Bushido; samurai code of chivalry
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
to make amends; to compensate for; to make up for
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants
ocean transportation; importation
napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); nappa cabbage; Chinese cabbage
(social) class; rank; grade
luxurious; magnificent; extravagant; sumptuous
suffix for train car numbers
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
utensil used for serving or drinking sake; sake drinking set
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
gorgeous; brilliant; dazzling; ornate; gaudy; flowery
muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders); lump (in tissue, esp. breast); swelling; lingering discomfort; uneasiness
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
a little bit; a little while
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
killing time; staving off boredom
curtain; hanging; bunting
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
mistress; kept woman; concubine
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
playing cards; mahjong tiles made of animal bone
karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash