assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
hook; hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
old poem (esp. waka); old song
lookout post; observation point
drinking bout; merrymaking
something unusual; something odd; something out of the ordinary
axis; axle; plan; contrivance
to get shabby; to go downhill; to go to seed; to go to the dogs
side gate; side door; service entrance
building lot; residential land
to act as an intermediary
four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room; small room esp. for assignations
net income; net profits; net pay
substitution; material; price; margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something; (arch.) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)
to enliven; to liven up; to cause a stir in (e.g. the newspapers); to make prosperous
(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
to blow through; to blow ceaselessly
doors and shoji (sliding doors with paper panes)
bodily; with all one's weight; with one's whole body
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
to deceive; to blind the eyes of
sliding door (esp. when removed from its frame and used for carrying things or people); large flounder
narrow eyes; fine texture
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
woodcutter; lumberjack; logger
studies; schoolwork; classwork
stating clearly; declaration; proclamation
spring and autumn; spring and fall; years; age; The Spring and Autumn Annals; The Chronicles of Lu
fellows; comrade; colleague; one's equal
Nakamikado Tsuneyuki (1821.1.20-1891.8.27)