Vocabulary

subordinate of a hired thief-taker (Edo period)

financial situation; financial standing

on-the-spot payment

on-the-spot payment

person who plays shamisen during dancing practice

over-the-counter drug; medication bought directly from the drugstore without a prescription

Bon holidays (in mid-August); Bon holiday period

hired thief taker (Edo period); private secret policeman; private detective

train of dress; trailing skirt

Śakra (Deva); Shakra; Indra; Shakra Devanam Indra; the king of heaven in Hindu mythology

rush mat for sleeping; sleeping mat

green scat (green morph of the spotted scat, Scatophagus argus)

red scat (red morph of the spotted scat, Scatophagus argus)

spotted scat (Scatophagus argus)

spotted scat (Scatophagus argus)

consent; recognition

serving as a concubine

to become a mistress; to serve as a concubine

men's bath; men's section in a public bath

country bumpkin

Protectorate General (Han and Tang-period Chinese office)

Protectorate General to Pacify the East (Tang-period Chinese office established in Pyongyang in 668 CE)

water boat; boat transporting water

within a (feudal) domain

Protectorate General to Pacify the North (Tang-period Chinese office established in Inner Mongolia in 669 CE)

Protectorate General of the Western Regions (Han-period Chinese office established in East Turkestan in 60 BCE)

Protectorate General of Annam (Han-period Chinese office established in Hanoi in 622 CE)

Protectorate General to Pacify the West (Tang-period Chinese office established in Xinjiang in 640 CE)

light yellowish green

lacquering technique that uses a coloured-lacquer undercoating and a transparent-lacquer topcoat

Chanyu (supreme leader of the Xiongnu people)

blow with the flat of a sword

Tiele people; a Central Asian Turkic people

Protectorate General of the Central Asian Nomadic Lands (Chinese office established in Inner Mongolia in 650 CE)

Protectorate General of Beiting (Tang-period Chinese office established in Xinjiang in 702 CE)

travelling inspector of the provincial governments (Nara and Heian-period position)

Protector General (Tang-period Chinese official)

leather or cloth wrapped around the handle of a sword

mother

father