thorn apple; jimsonweed; Datura stramonium
lacquerware; painting; coating
(waka) poetic sentiment; waka-composing mood; solid grounding in waka; meaning of a waka poem
sore; inflammation; ulceration
lacquerer; lacquer craftsman; lacquer artist
doctor practising Western medicine (during the Edo period)
billboard; large signboard; first-rate influential performer (theatre, film, etc.); leading star; draw
to chatter pointlessly; to waste one's breath
to succeed to someone's post; to take someone's place; to take over someone's position; to step into someone's shoes
bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink
lacquer ware; lacquerware; lacquer work; lacquerwork
visit (to a religious site, e.g. shrine, temple, grave)
to dig through; to drill into; to excavate
utensil; appliance; furniture
deliberate hindrance; obstruction
emergency case; person that has suddenly taken ill
one's employer's house; one's employer; place of apprenticeship
nobleman's illegitimate child
kawaraban (type of Edo-period single-page newspaper)
Dutch studies; studies of Western knowledge
to yearn for (someone, something); to miss
bamboo shoot; inexperienced doctor; quack
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
don't be absurd; that's out of the question; nonsense; don't mention it
Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)
mitsuba (Cryptotaenia japonica); Japanese honewort; Japanese honeywort; three-leaved; trefoil