Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
Japanese spirea (Spiraea Japonica); meadowsweet; Shimotsuke (former province located in present-day Tochigi Prefecture)
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
the Dragon (fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Dragon (around 8am, 7-9am, or 8-10am); east-southeast; third month of the lunar calendar
Yamaguchi (city, prefecture)
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
head; chief; leader; the greatest of all; the most excellent
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
age thirty; one's thirties
height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); prime (of one's life); (one's) best days; (being in) heat; rut
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
daughter of a person of high rank (esp. eldest daughter)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
mistress; kept woman; concubine; (arch.) close female servant
wife of a shogun or a highest-ranking nobleman
chief councillor of state; chief councilor of state; large-grained variety of adzuki bean
one or two; a few; small number
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
high class; esteemed; cherished
above the clouds; the heavens
Edo-period business taxes
appearance; figure; shape; form
to pursue an illusion; to pursue a fantasy; to pursue phantoms
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
power; authority; might; influence; dignity; majesty
Sister (i.e. a nun; sometimes used as a posthumous suffix)
image; figure; figure; form; image
Grand Minister; Chancellor of the Realm
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time