erotic or pornographic book (Edo period)
go-between; matchmaker; Cupid
another day; the next day
addition; adding up; integration; estimate; quantity survey
Man'en era (1860.3.18-1861.2.19)
benevolent act; healing act
roundup; wholesale arrest
to be appointed to a post; to assume office
(amount of a samurai's) stipend
smallpox vaccination; inoculation against smallpox
cerebral stroke; apoplexy
weight; body weight; importance; weight; emphasis
to get blurry vision; to get bleary eyes; to get dim eyesight
bygones; the past; past event
affable; amiable; sociable; agreeable
sponge gourd (Luffa aegyptiaca); Egyptian cucumber; loofah; loofa; something useless
no time like the present; make hay while the sun shines; (lit.) it's an auspicious day (for doing it) when you've just had the idea
discord; breaking up (e.g. friendship)
Ansei era (1854.11.27-1860.3.18)
snell (fishing); leader; trace; cast
child one is expecting; child in one's womb
watching (esp. during an emergency); being on alert; guard; watchmen
(Edo-period) chief minister
outside a gate; beyond one's area of expertise
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
blame; censure; rebuke; reproof
ceramics; pottery; porcelain
out of the blue; all of a sudden; without warning; unexpectedly
exclusion of males; (being) closed to men
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included