cup of sake used to drink to the establishment of a partnership, commitment to marriage, etc.; nuptial cup of sake
agency for employing servants and arranging marriages (Edo period); mediator; go-between; flattery; flatterer
first warbling heard in a New Year
(articles) imported to Japan by early European traders
court music pavilion in a Shinto shrine; kagura hall
palsy; paralysis; every second solar term (occurring in the latter half of each month)
domain administration (Edo period); clan administration
black kite (Milvus migrans); Inverness cape; filcher; sneak thief
angry voice; one's voice when shouting with anger
to be exhausted; to be at a loss; to be worn out; to be helpless
natural; reasonable; obvious
to hire; to lease; to requisition; to charter
to go into labor; to go into labour
Buzen (former province located in the east of present-day Fukuoka and the north of Ōita prefectures)
Wakayama prefecture (Kinki area)
will or decree (esp. of shogun); emperor's wishes
to be like-minded; to have the same goal
Wakayama (city, prefecture)
woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
inexperienced person; incompetent person; ignoramus
one's husband; one's wife
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
double-lined fusilier (Pterocaesio digramma); Taiwan (nickname); Takasago (classic noh play by Zeami)
Dewa (former province located in present-day Yamagata and Akita prefectures)
image of a bride dressed in her wedding gown (wedding kimono, etc.)
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); -ing
your wife; his wife; secret meeting; secrecy
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis
one four-of-a-kind and one three-of-a-kind in a dealt hand; three and a four (in dice games)