palanquin set with jewels; money and social status gained by marrying a rich and powerful man
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
linked form; bound ending; postpositional particle-verb agreement in literary Japanese
man who brings good weather with him wherever he goes; man who is always lucky with the weather
teaching of English; English teaching
due to the fact that; because of
red tag (esp. one attached to sold goods or discounted products); red label; swords (playing card suit in traditional Japanese gambling decks)
edible chrysanthemum (Glebionis coronaria); crown daisy; garland chrysanthemum
whipping; beating with a whip; whiplash
Hundred Years War (1337-1453)
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
to become a thing of the past
to knock down; to slap down; to floor
mass-produced arrows; arrows for target practice
Paris Fashion Week; major fashion show, held twice yearly in Paris
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
order (to an employee from management)
appearing with one's (full) name; showing one's name (on a nameplate, etc.)
direct; in person; frankness; night duty; shift (e.g. in a factory)
monkey bars; horizontal ladder
management studies; business administration (study of)
first prize; gold medal; blue ribbon
to hang up; to hoist; to denounce; to subject someone to a kangaroo court
disparate society; stratified society
first three days of the New Year (January 1-3)
(at) the beginning of the New Year; early in the New Year
to act the goody-goody; to pretend to be nice
Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps); mugwort (any plant of genus Artemisia); wormwood; sagebrush
secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); inner realization; personal enlightenment
discouragement; disappointment
eighth day of the month; eight days
round-the-world trip; circumnavigation; globe-trotting
Mimasaka (former province located in the northeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
son and heir; son who will succeed one