indigenous person; inhabitant of a country; local; native; local lords and samurai; daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
resolute; firm; dauntless; undaunted
business practice; commercial practice; trade usage
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act
to tell all; to give a full account
to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try
unprecedented; record-breaking
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
uncleanness; impurity; disgrace; shame; uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.
personal affairs; private matter; personal secret; privacy
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside
to fly into a rage; to lose one's temper; to flare up; to break out
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
near bankruptcy; edge of bankruptcy; bumper-to-bumper
even though; despite; notwithstanding
merchant guild entrusted by the shogunate to manage its respective trade (Edo period)
in pieces; in scraps; fragmentary (e.g. knowledge); scrappy; insignificant; unimportant
sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)
parent root or stock; pre-split stock or share
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
oiran; high-ranking courtesan; (arch.) prostitute
to include in a poem (season word, place name, etc.)
no matter what it is; in every case
tortoiseshell (of the hawksbill turtle); bekko; tortoiseshell (esp. of the Chinese soft-shelled turtle)
mon; one-thousandth of a kan (unit of currency 1336-1870); 2.4 cm (traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes); letter; character; scripture
lightweight fabric or clothing; silk gauze; thin silk; Latin (language)
skirt (of a kimono); hem (of a kimono)
light, thin, single-layer kimono (esp. from hemp or raw silk, for summer use); shroud; burial clothes
singing, dancing and music; (public) entertainment; performing arts
supporting role (actor); minor role
outline; summary; gist; basic points