The Tale of Genji (manga)
threshold (amount, dose, etc.)
remote mountain; mountain recesses
Onigashima; island of ogres (in Japanese folklore)
person (generally male) who won't learn their lesson; persistent jerk
one's superior's anger; imperial wrath
to accumulate merit; to make merit
doctor practising Western medicine (during the Edo period)
fly in the ointment; small flaw in otherwise perfect object; only trouble; only fault
puckered-up mouth; button of a mouth
wrinkled; full of wrinkles
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
third son; Occella iburia (species of poacher)
Kanda myoujin - shrine near Ochanomizu station, Tokyo
ouch!; hot, hot, hot!; something hot; fire
man who marries a wealthy or upwardly-mobile woman; (male) gold digger
(with) broad horizontal stripes of different colors; unevenness
(crop) yield; stipend (orig. assessed on the basis of a crop); salary
chief financial official (Edo period); commissioner of finance; chief treasurer; chief accountant in a daimyo's service (Muromachi period)
deep regret; bitter disappointment; chagrin; vexation
it was very good of you to come; glad to see you
hand-copied sutras; copying of a sutra
dilapidated house; tumbledown house; my house; my home; small resting place comprising four pillars and a roof (with no walls)
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
to exchange (things); to convert (currency); to be in contrast (to); to contrast (with)
shiruko; sweet red-bean soup with mochi
to arrest; to capture; to seize
wonder drug; miracle cure; elixir
soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)
learning good manners through apprenticeship (to an upper-class family)
enjoying oneself on a river (e.g. boating, swimming, fishing)