Vocabulary

creeping lettuce (Ixeris stolonifera)

imperial prince's family; family of a prince of royal blood

family affairs; family business

High Court (of Kamakura); Board of Inquiry

administrator of a manor

medium-ranked councillor in the Department of State

steward in charge of the affairs of nobles of the third rank and higher (from the middle of the Heian period)

mid-sized store

storefront; front of a store

shunga book; pornographic book

toy bow archery range (sometimes front for a brothel)

true Tokyoite; person born and raised in Edo

demon who brings misfortune to houses or people he passes by

(Chinese) poetry and rhymed prose

start; beginning; origin

opening section of a Chinese poem or essay (in which the topic is broached); broaching the topic of a poem or essay in its opening lines

mining studies; mining engineering; mining science

entrance to a bedroom; bedroom

ice cream mixed with adzuki bean paste

spring water (from melting snow)

resistance; opposition

sworn elder brother

local dialect; vernacular; provincialism

(true) Tokyoite; Edoite; Tokyo native

ramie fibre (fiber)

high quality hemp cloth from Miyakojima (Okinawa prefecture)

public bath located in a city or town

bundle of straw used as mulch

blackboard

butcher specializing in beef; dealer in beef

thinner futon (in contact with the skin)

thinner futon (in contact with the skin)

damming (e.g. a pond)

designated money trust

light light blue; pale blue

Chinese trumpet creeper (Campsis grandiflora)

sifting out; weeding out; selection; sorting

class system; caste system; hierarchical system

candy box

dark blue gem allowing one to recall memories when stroked with one's hand (allegedly possessed by Zhang Yue)