male coming-of-age-ceremony; shaving one's eyebrows, blackening one's teeth, and wearing one's hair in the marumage style (of a newly married woman; Edo period)
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
decoration; ornament; trimmings
hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
Emperor Taishō (1879-1926, reigned 1912-1926); Emperor Yoshihito
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
incompetent person; incapable person; person without legal capacity
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
one's own child; one's own children
public praise; making another's virtues well-known
corruption; immorality; lapse from virtue; fall from virtue
prince of royal blood; Imperial prince
to offer; to present; to serve (food and drink); to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an altar)
Fridrikh; Friedorich; Friedrichs
four generations; fourth generation immigrant; yonsei; the fourth (e.g. George IV)
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
imperial court; royal court
important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition
successive generations; successive emperors
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
long ago; already; a long time ago
Victoria (Seychelles); Victoria (Australia)
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
prosperity; thriving; flourishing