to paint (draw) a picture
horse tack; horse gear; harness
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
new moon; first day of the lunar month; (in ancient China) next year's calendar and decrees (distributed by the Emperor at year's end)
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
samurai; warrior; military family
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
common people; ordinary people; masses
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
Enpō era (1673.9.21-1681.9.29)
order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface
first term; first half-year; preceding period; early period
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
food and (alcoholic) drinks; food eaten with an alcoholic drink; accompaniment to a drink
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
kagami mochi; New Year offering consisting of two mochi stacked on each other with a bitter orange on top, cut and eaten on January 11
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
Jōkyō era (1684.2.21-1688.9.30)
two eights; hachi-hachi (type of game)
almanac of seasonal words (for haiku poets)
living by oneself; living alone
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress