Vocabulary

Tokoname ware

to administer affairs of state; to attend to government affairs

to administer affairs of state; to attend to government affairs

room in Edo castle where the shogun's council of elders attended to governmental affairs

general ledger (accounting)

current journal (accounting)

unfilial son; undutiful son; thankless son; unfilial daughter; undutiful daughter; thankless daughter

to come of age

to come of age (for a girl)

little boy; young boy

seine fishing (usu. from the beach); dragnet fishing

moulded objects; sculpted objects; modeled objects; formed objects

large Japanese junk

large Japanese junk

record high; all-time high

to come of age

large Japanese junk

tabulate coral (extinct coral of the order Tabulata)

tabulate corals (extinct corals of the order Tabulata)

one's seat

whereabouts

stubborn person; obstinate person; stubbornness; obstinacy

harvest

Southern Qi dynasty (of China; 479-502 CE); Southern Ch'i dynasty

Northern Qi dynasty (of China; 550-577); Northern Ch'i dynasty

to compare (e.g. notes); to exchange (e.g. views, opinions)

to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow)

clearing one's heart of doubts; reassuring oneself

collared; having a collar

cloth dyed in a dapple pattern

cloth tie-dyed with a scarlet red dappled pattern

lost item; lost article

choked voice; broken voice; emotional voice

plain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (dyed with botanical pigments found on the island)

lighting a torch; lighting up a lamp

to wail; to cry over; to bewail

striped Hachijo silk cloth

plain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (sometimes striped)

to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself

garden entrance