lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
lodging; relay station; post town; constellation; mansion (in Chinese astronomy)
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala
state ceremony (esp. an enthronement); imperial ceremony; important ceremony (in one's life, e.g. wedding, funeral)
name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa); Japanese era name
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
the late king; the preceding king; good ancient kings
accession to the throne; enthronement
crown prince; Prince Shōtoku
chest; coffer; rice tub; lidded round, wooden container for cooked rice
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
pleasantry; joke; tomfoolery
to bend; to warp; to lose heart
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
four characters; four letters
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
to add (e.g. a postscript)
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid