Takeuchi Seihou (1864.12.20-1942.8.23)
kitchen; financial situation
raised platform on the bank of a river for enjoying the summer cool
traditional incense-smelling ceremony
calligrapher; individual with good penmanship
postponement; adjournment
financial products; financial instruments
ume orchard; plum orchard; plum garden
dishonouring (a bill); dishonoring; bouncing (a cheque, check); non-payment
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
artists' world; painting circles
Imperial Household Agency
unpacking (esp. after moving house)
ceremonial bonfire (seeing off the spirits on the final night of O-Bon)
to make a self-satisfied face; to look smug
speculation; venture; stockjobbing; gambling (on stocks)
picture dealer; commercial art gallery
to undertake; to take on (task); to assure; to guarantee; to vouch (for)
fragrant wood; aromatic tree
water lily (any plant of genus Nymphaea); pygmy waterlily (Nymphaea tetragona)
fastidiousness; enthusiasm for one thing; meticulousness; susceptibility for a stiffening of the shoulders
large screen (TV, film, etc.)
ex post facto report; report after the event
goodbye; farewell; so long
inside (a refrigerator, warehouse, etc.)
quickening; foetal (fetal) movement; fomenting (trouble)
morning sickness; hyperemesis gravidarum
India ink; China ink; ink (of a cuttlefish, etc.)
uppercase letter; capital letter; large character; large writing; the (kanji) character "dai" meaning "big"; huge character "dai" formed by fires lit on the side of a mountain in Kyoto on August 16 each year
to begin to dance; to break into a dance
art gallery (esp. artworks for sale); picture gallery