floral pattern; flourish; ornament; star (actor, player, etc.)
star (cinema, sports, etc.); celebrity; star symbol; asterisk; (celestial) star
cutting edge; leading edge; forefront; tip; end
creation; Creation (by God)
name of store; trade name (esp. of a sole proprietorship); stage name (e.g. of actor)
ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume
An'ei era (1772.11.16-1781.4.2)
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
guide to the Yoshiwara red light district
this chapter; this passage; this section
book of registration; text of a play
long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Edo in the early 17th century)
singing, dancing and music; (public) entertainment; performing arts
practice book used in jōruri and nagauta
late Edo-period novelette about life in the red-light districts
illustrated storybook with yellow covers (Edo period)
setting up a stall or booth (bazaar, festival); opening a branch office; opening a store
open; frank; liberal; open-minded
ability to make plans; planning ability
fiction writer; dime novelist
collar; color; colour; hair colouring (coloring); calla (variety of arum lily)
reprint; reprinting; second edition
publishing; printing; sealing
well-known and unknown; somebodies and nobodies; both famous and humble
salon; saloon; sarong; saron (instrument)
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
bad influence; negative influence
(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning
to make an example of; to make a victim of; to hold up somebody (something) to ridicule; to pierce with a spear
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
outstanding talent; person of exceptional talent; gifted person
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
Jippensha Ikku (1765-1831)
flowers budding; blooming; flowering; showing results; becoming popular; blooming