swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
entrance curtain (in noh)
high-class Edo-period pleasure house (where outside prostitutes were hired to entertained guests)
abura-age; thin deep-fried slices of tofu; deep-frying; deep-fried food
swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)
returnee (esp. Japanese person repatriated to Japan proper from its former colonies after WWII); repatriate
pulling up; drawing up; raising; increase; repatriation; evacuation
finally; in the end; after all that; eventually; on top of all that
ancient boys' hairstyle with a part down the middle and a loop above each ear; Meiji-period women's hairstyle with hair twisted into a knot on top of the head and held in place with a pin; type of dance in kabuki; knots in colour of four cardinal points hanging from the roof above the ring; constricted tagelus (Sinonovacula constricta); Chinese razor clam
raised leg; lifting a leg; (arch.) sitting cross-legged
spangle (species of black swallowtail butterfly, Papilio protenor)
deep-frying food lightly coated in flour or potato starch; deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
movable floor boards; trap door
fee paid for the services of a geisha or prostitute
trap door; removable floor boards
push-up door; roll-up shutter
tuck at the shoulder (of a child's clothes); shoulder tuck
lightly deep-fried (food, esp. tofu)
to be robbed of one's due; (lit.) to have one's fried tofu snatched by a black kite
dish of fish or meat flavoured with soy sauce, mirin, etc., coated with starch and then deep-fried
unloading (a ship); landing
straight-from-the-pot udon; freshly boiled and drained seafood (esp. small fish); seafood served straight from the pot
ceremony of transferring the cremated bones of a family member to an urn
small toy bow that can be shot while sitting, popular in the Edo period
faultfinding; carping; quibbling; cavilling; caviling
unloading a barge; small pieces of fried tofu; palanquin that carried guests to and from the red light district
raising an army; (lit.) raising a banner; launching a new group; launching a business; launching a new party
mixed vegetable and seafood tempura
deep-frying without breading or batter; food deep-fried without breading or batter
kushiage; deep-fried skewered meat and vegetables
false bottom; fake bottom; raised bottom; exaggeration; overstatement
raising and lowering; loading and unloading (cargo); praising and criticizing
fried food wrapped in nori
fry-simmering; cooking by first briefly deep-frying, then simmering in broth; fry-simmered food; fried food in broth
artificially flooded salt farm above the high-tide mark; captured piece; captured stone
deep fryer; pot used for frying
Great Mormon (species of swallowtail butterfly, Papilio memnon)
fried tofu (aburaage) used for inarizushi
evacuation boat; repatriation ship
ceremony performed by Chinese merchants disembarking in Nagasaki (Edo period)
Chinese peacock (species of swallowtail butterfly, Papilio bianor)
common bluebottle (Graphium sarpedon); blue triangle
alpine black swallowtail (Papilio maackii)
long-tailed spangle (Papilio macilentus); long-tailed swallowtail
Chinese windmill (species of red-bodied swallowtail butterfly, Atrophaneura alcinous)
common jay (species of swallowtail butterfly, Graphium doson)
citrus swallowtail (species of butterfly, Papilio xuthus)
constricted tagelus (Sinonovacula constricta); Chinese razor clam
mock swallowtail butterfly moth (Epicopeia hainesii)
ship pulled up on a beach; stranded ship