wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
home area; home town; local
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
lily (Lilium spp.); yuri; genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
one shō bottle (1.8 litres)
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
neat and clean; tidy; trim
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
the New Year begins; the New Year starts
New Year's greetings; New Year's call; New Year's gift
proceeding to the capital
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
depravity; corruption; degradation
(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
taikō (esp. Toyotomi Hideyoshi); title for a regent, later for the grand chancellor, also for the father of an Imperial adviser (advisor) who passed the role to his son
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
to be needed; to be wanted
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
Latin-Japanese (e.g. dictionary)
I agree with you; it is as (someone) says