traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...
going too far; going to extremes
Emperor Ogimachi; Ogimachi Tenno (1517-1593 CE, reigning: 1557-1586 CE)
postscript (to a book); verification; publication (in a book)
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
courtier; noble; people serving the Imperial Court
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
archer's left-wrist protector
having worldly wisdom; worldly person; cosmopolitan
Honnōji Incident (forced suicide of daimyo Oda Nobunaga by his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide; June 21, 1582)
Bingo (former province located in the east of present-day Hiroshima Prefecture)
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
Bitchū (former province located in the west of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
Sanuki (former province located in present-day Kagawa Prefecture)
giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis); qilin (Chinese unicorn); (arch.) horse that can ride 1000 ri in a day
Akechi Mitsuhide (1528-1582.7.2)
impoliteness; carelessness; misconduct; clumsiness
address; lodgings; accommodation
situation; developments; outcome
cruel treatment; raw deal; kick in the pants
Tango (former province located in the north of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)
mound on which targets are placed (in archery); firing mound
entertaining with food and drink; treating to dinner; wining and dining; immediately agreeing with someone else; pandering