to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
tea gathering (for the tea ceremony); some matter concerning tea; family tea gathering held in memory of deceased ancestors
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
treating someone (to food or drink); entertaining someone (as one's guest)
modern; up-to-date; art nouveau; Beaujolais nouveau (wine); vague; fuzzy
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
painting; colored artwork; coloured artwork; overglaze enamels (on pottery)
(United States of) America; USA; US
drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
chair; stool; post; office; position
rattan; (rattan) cane (e.g. used in wicker furniture)
party (political); person who is fond of; fan of
secession (esp. in art, architecture, etc.)
construction; framework; erection; assembly; organization; organisation
poem of four lines, each of five (Chinese) characters
image; figure; figure; form; image
Western clothing; Western binding
social conditions; phase of life; (sign of) the times; state of society
suddenly; all of a sudden
the West; the Occident; Western countries
(a) vein; (a) thread (of connection)
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
Song dynasty (China, 960-1279); Sung dynasty
whole; entire; harmonious; well-rounded
anthology (of poetry, etc.); compilation; collection; selection
law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement
optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)