personal account (of); direct talks
bamboo (tobacco) ash receptacle
the five regent houses; five families of the Fujiwara clan (Konoe, Kujo, Nijo, Ichijo, and Takatsukasa) entrusted as imperial regents and advisors starting in the Kamakura period
excessive; unmerited; generous; past participle
It's nothing!; Don't mention it!
the whole nation; all the people in the land
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
women's bridal robe with trailing skirts worn over a kimono; ending play for the day; leaving a game unfinished (esp. Go)
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
in the fire; in the flames; (arch.) burning (something)
the orders of one's ruler
to spend (money) like water; to spend (money) like it grows on trees; to throw around (one's money); to play ducks and drakes with
some time ago; the other day
origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive
spinning (textiles); spun yarn
blowing (e.g. of the wind); playing (a wind instrument); player (e.g. clarinet); (pair of) bellows; casting; founding
(tobacco) pipe with metal tipped stem; cheating on train fare by buying tickets covering only the first and last portions of the journey
to be like-minded; to have the same goal
girl; young (unmarried) woman
rough sketch; design; cartoon
Acala (Wisdom King); Acalanatha; Fudō Myōō (Myō-ō); fierce Buddhist deity
I don't need it; I don't want it
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
(of a couple) fighting and splitting up
unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking
Western-style; foreign; Western-style toilet; flush toilet; water closet
all living things; all God's creatures, great and small
founding a country; opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world; ending (a policy of) national seclusion