fusuma paper; paper pasted over a fusuma (similar to wallpaper)
disobeying the emperor's order
expiration (of a term); maturity (e.g. investment); serving one's (full) time
neophilia; love of new or novel things; one who loves new or novel things
court ladies of the middle rank serving in the inner palace (Heian period); female servant for a samurai family; lady-in-waiting working in the inner palace of the Edo castle (Edo period)
attraction; lure; invitation
mercantile disposition; having a nose for profit; commercialism; mercenary spirit
to loose; to ease; to relax
your company; your shrine
eyes slanted upward; rising tendency
to be perturbed; to be agitated
Hamaguri Rebellion (1864); Kinmon incident
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
annotation; commentary; explanatory note
waxing and waning; phases of moon
dense; dim; dull-witted; unsympathetic; slow to understand; slow on the uptake
Western affectations; excessively westernized person; wannabe Westerner
owing a lot to somebody; being indebted; never forgetting someone who has done a favour
revere the Emperor; expel the western barbarians (19th century slogan)
feudal domain owned by a Tokugawa family branch
vagrancy; wandering; nomadism
private regulations; bylaws; internal rules; tradition
the Emperor; His Majesty; the government; the authorities; proprietress; hostess
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
to be widely recognized; to be famous
Shōgitai (group of former Tokugawa retainers opposed to the Meiji government and fought in the battle of Ueno)