Inula japonica; small cart; small carriage
workmen's chant while pulling a heavy load
soba water; water left in the pot after one has boiled soba
to change one's residence
Seabold; Siebold ((Philipp Franz Balthasar von) Siebold, scientific explorer of Japan)
fabrication; lie; fiction
wife (esp. of a prominent, recently married man)
spreading out like an open fan; becoming prosperous; folding fan; ceremonial folding fan
the shogunate (administration)
to feel under pressure; to feel impatient; to be in a hurry
short pillar set on a beam to support a ridgepole
fixed rule; usual way; usual method
sixth heaven (of the desire realm)
celebratory drink; celebratory spirits; holiday cheer
rice gruel containing vegetables, fish, etc., and seasoned with miso or soy sauce
betrothal; wedding; marriage into a family; adoption
to lose strength; to become weak; to wither; to droop; to feel demotivated; to lose interest
arrival of ships (from abroad); arrival by ship
to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct
light yellowish green; color of a freshly sprouted onion
half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive
faint outlines of an island; vague shape of an island; silhouette of an island
gidayū (type of reciting used in the puppet theater)
political offense; political offence; political crime; political offender; political prisoner; prisoner of conscience
life imprisonment; life sentence
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
slightly good luck (as a fortune telling result)