society; public; community; social studies
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
(social) class; rank; grade
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
two classes; double; two sets
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
shipping agent; boathouse; inn for sailors
counter for (small) boats
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
chief financial official (Edo period); commissioner of finance; chief treasurer; chief accountant in a daimyo's service (Muromachi period)
master; teacher; stable master
to be prosperous; to prosper; to flourish; to enjoy great prosperity
artists' world; painting circles
popular person; favorite; favourite
high-class Edo-period pleasure house (where outside prostitutes were hired to entertained guests)
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
famous geisha; talented geisha; beautiful geisha
pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
lack of registration (in the census register); buying a geisha or prostitute her contractual freedom
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
to redeem debts (e.g. of a geisha)
rivalry in love; rivalry for the heart of a woman; quarrel over something trivial; storm in a teacup; quarrel between two samurai due to an (accidental) clash of sheaths while crossing paths
Takarai Kikaku (1661-1707)
new; newly made; newly-built ship; new boat; unmarried woman of about 20; newly-married woman
children's hairstyle of short untied hair; child with short untied hair; young girl working as a servant for a high-class prostitute (Edo period); (arch.) baldness; (arch.) bald head
subordinate work; assistant; servant
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
professional jester; professional entertainer; comedian; buffoon