respect (epistolary usage)
tub-sided samurai cuirass
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
stark-naked; without a stitch of clothing on
gabled roof; building with a gabled roof; gabled roof construction
to the previous extent; as much as previously; as much as one used to
order's up; one order ready; coming up; problem solved; one down; all done
one shoulder exposed (e.g. because one sleeve of the kimono is undone)
court ladies of the middle rank serving in the inner palace (Heian period); female servant for a samurai family; lady-in-waiting working in the inner palace of the Edo castle (Edo period)
extent of (one's) foolishness; degree of stupidity
clothing that exposes the shoulders
intravenous; intravascular
movement to overthrow the shogunate (mid-19th century)
another day; the next day
cross (used in a crucifixion)
vermilion lacquer (made by mixing vermilion into clear lacquer)
kakishibu; astringent persimmon juice used as a dye or to to treat wood, paper, etc.
constitutional government
to have a secret affair; to meet secretly (for two persons); to flirt with one another
(arch.) policeman; (arch.) official in charge of imprisoning offenders; art of defeating (and capturing) an opponent with one's bare hands
nervous breakdown; neurosis; sickness from anxiety
tall geta with a single tooth
mountain range; mountain belt
ominous word; ill-omened word; misfortune