bento; Japanese box lunch; Oversight Department; division of the daijokan under the ritsuryo system responsible for controlling central and provincial governmental offices
packing; crating; packaging
will not do; do not; does not
festival float mounted with a decorative halberd
to resign from one's post
calligrapher; individual with good penmanship
small festival on the eve of the main festival (esp. of the Gion festival)
changing into cash; encashment; cashing
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
artists' world; painting circles
end of the fiscal year; end of the school year
Imperial Household Agency
(oral) message; declaration; hearsay; rumour; rumor
fragrant wood; aromatic tree
water lily (any plant of genus Nymphaea); pygmy waterlily (Nymphaea tetragona)
third month of the lunar calendar; Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE); Yayoi culture
current year (fiscal, academic, etc.)
under repair; out of service
large screen (TV, film, etc.)
calculated; premeditated; considered
accompaniment for traditional performances (noh, kabuki, etc.); orchestra; band
quickening; foetal (fetal) movement; fomenting (trouble)
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
settlement of accounts; closing accounts; financial results; reporting (of accounts)
closing (for the day; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.); closing down (of a library, museum, cinema, etc.)
art gallery (esp. artworks for sale); picture gallery
(it was) no bother at all; not at all; it was nothing
solo exhibition; one-man exhibition; one-woman exhibition
10,000,000,000; ten billion
style (of a work, author, artist, etc.); characteristics
associate; junior; assistant; runner-up
one's real father; natural father; biological father
old family; old-established family; one's old home; one's childhood home