novel; new; unfamiliar; hear for the first time
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
Iwate Prefecture (Tōhoku area)
Bun'ei era (1264.2.28-1275.4.25)
year of a person's death; one's age at death
year of one's birth; one's birth year
civil administration; Bunji era (1185.8.14-1190.4.11)
agreement; coincidence; correspondence; conformity
this; our; right; justice; checking account
powerful family; powerful clan
genealogy; lineage; family tree; pedigree
the Monkey (ninth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Monkey (around 4pm, 3-5pm, or 4-6pm); west-southwest; 7th month of the lunar calendar
public affair; government matter; duke; prince; Sir; Lord
equanimity; upeksa; upekkha
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
bringing up; rearing; upbringing
being (somewhere); sitting
reasons; circumstances; details; particulars; hindrance; inconvenience
gift; boon; godsend; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
land under the control of the imperial household or the shogunate
migration; move; emigration; immigration
price; cost; value; worth; value
reply (to a letter); response; answer
deep (of emotions, connections, etc.)
Gunsho Ruiju (collection of Japanese classics sorted by type; orig. ed. 1819; comp. ed. 1911)
book or document and its supplement
counter for books; volume
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
ryotei; traditional Japanese restaurant (esp. a luxurious one)
indecent talk; obscene talk; lewd conversation; dirty story; smut