to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening
to be associated (with); to be connected (with)
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
people; men and women; each person; everybody
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
tea utensils; container for powdered green tea (tea ceremony)
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
tearoom; tea house; tea-ceremony room; tea arbour; tea arbor
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
front shrine; hall of worship
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
common people; ordinary people; masses
official bulletin board (esp. Edo period); highest bid; highest tender; your letter
participation; joining; entry; adherence
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of
suppression; repression; subjugation
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
Tenshō era (1573.7.28-1592.12.8)
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be given an award; to be gifted or endowed (e.g. with a talent); to be blessed (e.g. with a child); to be initiated (e.g. into a secret)
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
-less; lacking; non-existing
misunderstanding; misapprehension; false impression; to be mistaken; to have the wrong idea
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to hold fast; to protect to the end
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...