rise and fall; ups and downs; welfare; vicissitudes
chaste, strong-minded woman; virtuous woman; heroine
high-class Edo-period pleasure house (where outside prostitutes were hired to entertained guests)
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
treasuring; cherishing; prizing; holding dear
first torii gate of a shrine
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
falling in love; attachment
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
to return a favor (favour); to repay
Qin dynasty (of China; 221-207 BCE); Ch'in dynasty
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
to present; to offer; to dedicate
lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl; mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); glass
poor piece of work; rubbish; one of my works
to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten
tea whisk; bamboo whisk for making Japanese tea; hair style where the hair is tied up in a bundle on the back of the head (resembling the shape of a tea whisk)
complication; intricacy; involution; to become complicated; to get entangled
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
rustic; country bumpkin; ruffian; unrefined person; non-politician; non-government person
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
grudge; complaint; reproach
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
following one's master into death by committing ritual suicide (seppuku)
fight; struggle; conflict
to die on the battlefield
love problems; problem related to love
issue; offspring; paternal blood
calm and peaceful period of time
two Deva kings; guardian gods of Buddhism who stand at the entrance of a Buddhist temple
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of