salad (or fish, etc.) dressed with miso
Princess Sen (1597-1666); Senhime
hepatica (Hepatica nobilis var. japonica); liverleaf; liverwort; bird's-eye primrose (Primula farinosa subsp. modesta); mealy primrose
fiveleaf aralia (Acanthopanax sieboldianus)
pie in the sky; castles in the air; (lit.) drawing of a rice cake
measured map; surveyed map
naval battle; (arch.) navy
universal; general; ubiquitous; omnipresent
hunt (where the hunting area is surrounded on four sides by hunters)
above one's means (station); undue
military affairs; military people
samurai who carries his general's banner while riding into battle; small war flag attached to the back of one's armour during battle
small dried sardines or anchovies (gomame) cooked almost to dryness in soy sauce and sugar; tilling a rice field; person who tills a paddy field
breaking through or sneaking past a barrier
kakari geiko; training performed by an attacker and a defender
in and about a kitchen; family circumstances
China and Vietnam; Sino-Vietnamese
the Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism; the Nine Chinese Classics
family quarrel; quarrel between parent and child
edible flower bud of the fuki (Petasites japonicus) plant, an early spring delicacy
to count on the abacus; to calculate cost-benefit; to calculate profitability; to be guided by self-interest
Tentoku era (957.10.27-961.2.16)
bamboo stick used to strike meditators into greater wakefulness (in Zen Buddhism); striking someone's wrist with one's index and middle finger
kabukimono; Edo-period samurai who attracted public attention with their eye-catching clothes, peculiar hairstyle, and eccentric behavior
something appearing from a place you wouldn't expect; something said as a joke actually happening; (lit.) a horse from a gourd; something impossible; something ridiculous