happy event; cause for celebration; congratulations
geisha; (arch.) kabuki actor (esp. a young actor); (arch.) someone accomplished in the arts
first business conducted by retailers in the New Year
postponement; adjournment
to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)
domain administration (Edo period); clan administration
cooking rice; kitchenmaid; cook
person (or their spirit) who died with no one to tend their grave
to start rowing; to begin to row; to row out (e.g. to sea); to pull out; to start pedaling; to begin to pedal
Chinese person; (arch.) foreigner
educational policies or administration; Bunsei era (1818.4.22-1830.12.10)
trivial; insignificant; meager; meagre; that little amount; such a small extent
mountain folk; hermit; mountain wizard; word used as part of a pseudonym by artists, writers, etc.
garden watchman; garden keeper; guard of the inner garden
to become rustic; to be countrified
Tokugawa shogunate (i.e. the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)
military science; strategy; tactics
exceedingly; extremely; exceptionally; unexpectedly
vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery
slightly good luck (as a fortune telling result)
Hizen (former province located in present-day Saga and Nagasaki prefectures, excluding Tsushima and Oki Islands)
China under the Qing dynasty; Qing China; Qing dynasty
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
temple elementary school (during the Edo period)
mechanical doll; automaton; string puppet; marionette; (fig.) person who follows orders blindly
soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)
to take a turn for the better (of an illness, patient, etc.); to begin to improve; to begin to recover; to convalesce
Kazusa (former province located in the central part of present-day Chiba Prefecture)
Sarcandra glabra (species of flowering shrub in the family Chloranthaceae); 1000 ryō (an old Japanese coin)
schematic; schema; illustration; explanatory diagram