Mochizuki Mai (1980.6.30-)
blue vitriol; chalcanthite
Keage water purification plant
the year following an inauspicious year
Kujou Michiie (1193-1252.4.1)
to skip out on one's bar bill; to drink oneself to ruin; to drink everything vigorously; to get wasted
Eihō era (1081.2.10-1084.2.7); Eiho era
karahafu; bow-shaped eaves of a gabled roof; undulating gable; cusped gable
Bijutsu Shuppan-sha (publisher)
vengeful spirit; revengeful ghost
character written by brush; brush-stroke character
advisor; adviser (to a lord, etc.); wise counselor allowed to speak to a lord without restraint
inspired work; masterpiece
to punch; to hit and hit; to stamp out; to pierce; to bore into; to knock down walls
Eikan era (983.4.15-985.4.27)
pavilion used as the emperor's habitual residence (in Heian Palace)
lesson learned from someone's else mistake; object lesson; food for thought; (lit.) stones from other mountains (can be used to polish one's own gems)
Ashikaga Yoshimasa (1435-1490)
polygon; -gon; Japanese rectangular envelope (opening on the short side)
Momoyama period (latter half of the Azuchi-Momoyama period, approx. 1583-1600)