Vocabulary

silk products produced near Yūki (using natural indigo dye); Yūki pongee

anil indigo (Indigofera suffruticosa)

bean-jam cake; rice-cake sweets

paper sliding door for the cupboard of a tokonoma

light purple

transcendent world; world outside of the material world; somewhere removed from the world

many; a lot; much

even if

the Inquisition

copycat criminal; copycat crime

imitation pearl; fake pearl

paraboloid

Holy City (e.g. Jerusalem, Mecca)

person who lives an extravagant lifestyle

to occur to one; to cross one's mind

money to see one over the New Year period

to put one's strength into

falling suddenly

large-scale housing and lifestyle development project

diaphragm; vicinity of the diaphragm

deepest

boat seine

Assam indigo (Strobilanthes cusia)

because; since

must (do, be)

not only ... but also; also

without doing; not being

being very jealous; extreme jealousy

even without doing; even without being

without doing

vulgarization; refined thing becoming vulgar

dimness; dimly lit place

warp rib weave (cloth)

warp rib weave cotton fabric (from Kokura)

Shunkei lacquerware; lacquerware created using transparent lacquer on yellow or red-stained wood, allowing the natural wood grain to be seen

lunch

style of a haikai or haiku poem

style of haikai or haiku from the Tenmei era (based on a return to the style of Basho)

to put in a word for; to second; to support

Habutae mochi; mochi smooth and white like habutae silk