Nakasendo (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
serving tea (esp. at a company); tea server; tea lady
transport truck; transport vehicle
taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.); walking by oneself; talking a walk by oneself; walking unaided; being able to walk without help; standing on one's own feet
(festivity) page; baby; child; (arch.) boys kept by pederasts
to think deep down (that); to tell oneself (that); to secretly believe (that)
to impersonate someone; to go under a false name; to make fraudulent use of someone's name
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
to take command; to give direction
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods
to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction
haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
demotion; relegation; downgrading
increasing the number of staff; hiring more people
share; portion; quota; cut
splendid; praiseworthy; admirable; well done!; bravo!
enactment; establishment; creation
emperor; shogun; honored person (honoured); (another person's) wife
Iga (former province located in the west of present-day Mie Prefecture)
not bad; not half bad; pretty good
negligent; neglectful; careless; remiss
master; expert; expert board game player (chess, go, shogi, etc.)
shuriken; small throwing blade; throwing star
countryside; country; 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)
otherwise; or else; if not
swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy
very easy; piece of cake; child's play; before breakfast
people who lived in Kyushu in ancient times, and who opposed the state of Yamato
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone
personage; person (deserving of respect)
interest (in something); enthusiasm
to lure someone; to entice someone
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)
both people; two people; two directions; both directions
home position; origin; usual place (for something)
endurance; perseverance; patience