portable paper lantern for walking at night
dehiscence; cleavage; fission
pond skater (any insect of family Gerridae); water strider
striking one's opponent while defending from their attack
lacquering technique that uses a coloured-lacquer undercoating and a transparent-lacquer topcoat
Milettia japonica (species of flowering plant)
likelihood of committing a crime; pre-delinquent
kitchen knife for sashimi
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
(bowing and) greeting; (arch.) declining; (arch.) refusing
Institute for the Study of Western Books (Edo period); Institute for the Investigation of Foreign Books
var. of eggplant (Solanum melongena) which can be eaten raw; pickled (in rice bran or vinegar) (whole) eggplant
complete seven-structured temple compound
confiscation of property (Edo period)
red-light district; pleasure quarters; love affair; romance
in a hurry; hustle; person who's always in a rush
(late Edo-period) idea of uniting the court and the shogunate
ichibugin; Edo-period rectangular silver coin worth one quarter ryō
woman's loincloth (worn as a kimono underskirt); single-layer absorbent bathrobe (worn during or after a bath)
sunny spot; exposure to the sun
disturbance (blockage) of blood flow
based on; derived from; building on; beginning with
slicing a fish down its back; slit in the back of a garment; split in a piece of lumber (to prevent splitting when drying)
Mouri Takachika (1819-1871)
stone embankment; stone levee
deeply ashamed (of oneself); overwhelmed with shame
outward appearance (of a house); exterior; external structure (of a building; e.g. gate, fence, garage); exterior structure