giving a gift (to a subordinate)
annotation; explanatory note; comment
ninefold; imperial palace; the Court
orange daylily (Hemerocallis fulva); tawny daylily; tobacco
certainly; really; truly; possibly; maybe; perhaps
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
selfish; with disregard for order or rules; reckless; rash; loose; bawdy
Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral
content (of a mineral, etc.)
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
protruding eyes; number of pips visible after a throw of the dice
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to work; to labor; to labour; to put to work; to make (someone) work
in this manner; in this way; like this
deterioration; changing for the worse
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
nodding anemone (Anemone cernua); (arch.) chrysanthemum; (arch.) pine
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
Metal Snake (18th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1941, 2001, 2061)
(death from) starvation; starving to death
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn
Tosa (former province located in present-day Kochi Prefecture)
shelving (a play, movie, etc.); closing down; cancelling; rice storehouse of the Edo shogunate
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
farmland; rice field or paddy