court ladies of the middle rank serving in the inner palace (Heian period); female servant for a samurai family; lady-in-waiting working in the inner palace of the Edo castle (Edo period)
year in the Buddhist order (after the completion of the first meditation retreat); becoming more experienced with age; social status based on this experience
to be elegant (usu. of a woman); to be graceful; to be refined; to become well-experienced; to mature
prostitute (esp. Edo period)
to become skilled through years of experience
long time; long years of service
woman in waiting in the inner part of a lord's mansion