ceremony to celebrate the completion of a building; inauguration ceremony
your body; your health; yourself; you
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
hooray!; cheers!; bravo!; loud (e.g. applause); enthusiastic; tumultuous
cheers; applause; ovation; acclamation
paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)
conduct; behaviour; movements; gesture; performance (on stage, etc.); dance
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
Etchū (former province located in present-day Toyama Prefecture)
service; ministry; attendance; offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free
Imperial Palace; Imperial Court
repair; renovation; restoration
eighth day of the month; eight days
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure
Imperial Palace (of Japan); imperial residence
eboshi; black-lacquered headgear (made of silk, cloth or paper) originally worn by court nobles in ancient Japan
suō (ceremonial dress of lower-class samurai)
sappanwood (Caesalpinia sappan); sappanwood dye (red in colour); layered colour (light brown on the front, dark red beneath)
disrespect; irreverence; impiety; blasphemy; profanity
uncleanliness; dirtiness; (arch.) menses; (arch.) feces (faeces); bathroom
estimate (of costs); budget
workman; craftsman; laborer; labourer; artisan
fur; skin; pelt; kanji "fur" radical
white person; Caucasian; (arch.) beginner; (arch.) amateur; (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
townsfolk; resident (of a town); merchant
(arch.) to wear on the head; to have cloth, clothing, etc. bestowed upon one by their lord or master; to wear such cloth on the left shoulder; to be injured