protegee; someone who one considers as a younger sister
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
appearing rustic; ancient song played at the court; comical tanka
dressing up in fine clothes; splendid clothes; one's best clothes
early autumn (fall); seventh month of the lunar calendar
female weaver; Vega (star in the constellation Lyra); Alpha Lyrae
Altair (star in the constellation Aquila); Alpha Aquilae
leading actor; leading figure; leader
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
touch of Japanese; tinge of Japanese; Japanese flavour (flavor); Japanese style (e.g. of kanbun writing, in contrast to actual Chinese)
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
shelf with offerings for welcoming the spirits of one's ancestors during the Bon Festival
follower; attendant; valet; servant
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
eboshi; black-lacquered headgear (made of silk, cloth or paper) originally worn by court nobles in ancient Japan
worship by the emperor at a shrine
measuring container; measure; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
deity of rice fields and harvests
Shinran (founder of the Jōdo Shinshū sect of Buddhism, 1173-1262)
memorial services for the founder of the sect (esp. for Shinran in Shin Buddhism)
assisting; assistance; fostering; aiding
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
Kyoto area festival held on the 11th lunar month (wherein bonfires are burned at shrines)
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
city god; guardian deity of a city and esp. its marketplace
since some time or another; since who-knows-when
Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce
fete in honor of Ebisu (honour)
being incident to; being accompanied by; being collateral with; being attached to
restoration; return; reduction; resolution; deoxidization
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
Gleichenia japonica (species of fern with white-backed leaves); white underside; white bottom; white inner
barnyard millet (Echinochloa esculenta); Japanese millet; sanwa millet
to be absorbed in; to lose oneself to; to disguise oneself as; to adorn oneself
different meaning; different opinion
traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...
living Buddha; saintly Buddhist monk; living person