Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze
tearoom; tea house; tea-ceremony room; tea arbour; tea arbor
labor; labour; manpower; working force
to suffice; to serve the purpose; to be satisfied
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
foreign enemy; outside invader
tea utensils; container for powdered green tea (tea ceremony)
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully
to be collected; to be gathered (e.g. mushrooms, etc.); to be harvested; to be able to collect; to be able to mine
proud; boastful; bragging; conceited
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
a long time ago; long before now
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
mixed race; mixed parentage
chief financial official (Edo period); commissioner of finance; chief treasurer; chief accountant in a daimyo's service (Muromachi period)
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
shogunal vassal; direct retainer of a shogun
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
direct control; direct supervision
advanced level; high grade; senior
to serve; to work for; to attend
nobleman; dignitary; feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyō; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world
Qi (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Period of the Warring States); Ch'i
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
Common Era; CE; Christian Era; Western (Gregorian) calendar
wall iris; roof iris; Iris tectorum; fleur-de-lis
to govern; to manage; to subdue
on the occasion of; at the time of
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure