achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service
dyeing; dyed goods; goods to be dyed
oiran; high-ranking courtesan; (arch.) prostitute
to be wide-awake; to be wakeful; to be unable to sleep
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
kawaraban (type of Edo-period single-page newspaper)
letter affixed to an arrow
most difficult; next to impossible
Edo shogunate (1603-1867)
(licensed) red light district
(as alike as) two peas in a pod
sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul; Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
ukiyo-e; ukiyoe; Edo-period woodblock print
any red algae in the family Gelidiaceae (esp. Gelidium crinale)
weird; strange; mysterious
astringency; tartness; austere elegance; elegant simplicity; subdued style
ecstatic; ecstatically; splitting headache
origin; appearance of auspicious omen
twelve o'clock; midnight; noon
three days and three nights
to get flustered; to get flurried; to get agitated; to become impatient; to hurry
disaster; tragedy; tragic incident; horrible accident
punishment; spanking; smacking; chastisement; scolding
use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
heavily laden (of a branch); sagging; drooping; bent low
nearly; almost; on the verge (of happening)
to be filled to bursting; to burst
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful