meal with family members eating separate foods; eating alone (not with one's family); food sold in single servings
different; eccentric; original; striking; extraordinary
giving a royal welcome; extending every courtesy
ego derangement; ego disturbance
Oyudono no ue no nikki (Collection of diaries on the daily life in the imperial court)
to follow; to conform; to apply to
devoted scholar; diligent student
to creak; to squeak; to grate; to grind; to rasp
telephone number at which person without a phone can be reached
hair on one's head; head; top of one's head; kanji "hair" radical at top
company expenses; at company expense
for personal or private use; opinionated
shepherd; German shepherd
provincial (country) millionaire
person of diminished capacity (e.g. drugs, alcohol, mental retardation, etc.)
joint defense; joint defence
something white; snow; gray hair; grey hair
white paper lantern used at funerals
(Confucian) scholar retained by a feudal lord or daimyo
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
academic predecessor; scholars of the past; senior scholar
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid