different school (e.g. of ikebana)
uniforms supplied to employees; an allotment
star anise (Illicium verum)
to be immersed; to be pickled
to push down; to knock down
visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship
the whole month; all the month
mountain grass; mountain weed; mountain plant; Gleichenia japonica (species of fern with white-backed leaves)
building up and maintaining
one should not get involved in a marital quarrel
following someone through a locked door, thus obtaining unauthorized access
candy vendor (esp. an Edo-period candy vendor who sold candy while walking around playing the flute or another musical instrument); candy vender
distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to
the treasure that is children; child
to breathe (heavily); to pant; to gasp; to sigh
the five commissioners (administrative organ of feudal Japan established by Toyotomi Hideyoshi)
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
many torii; torii corridor
Yuuki Hideyasu (1574-1607)
to be incompatible; to be contradictory
kakekotoba; pivot word; play on words (esp. in poetry); pun
Kyoto dialect; Kyoto accent
(man's) father-in-law; father of one's wife
family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period
garden soil; soil used in a garden
congratulatory visit to the Imperial Palace (e.g. at New Year)