Vocabulary

steward

patriarchy; system of patriarchy

family tradition

heirloom

family code

houseboy; manservant

rattling and trembling of a house (traditionally believed to be caused by oni or the deceased); creaking of a building (and its furniture)

steward; butler

family custom

reticence; taciturnity

small military force; numerically inferior force

widower

having little knowledge (of); being ill-informed

small army force

science institute

Director General of Science and Technology Agency

Chinese higher civil service examinations

fine (for a minor offence)

person with a lot of free time on their hands; person of leisure; idler; loafer

duel

end; limit; bounds; extremity; result; fate

fruits and vegetables

fruit wine (e.g. cider, wine, plum liquor); fruit liqueur

fruit store

fruit-eating

fructose; fruit sugar

pericarp

fruit store; fruit dealer; fruit seller; fruiterer; greengrocer

(very) fortunate person; lucky fellow; fortune's favourite

on the shelf

stand; frame; abutment

tanka composer

poetry style; poetry rules

poetry; versification

manuscript of poem

book of poems

great poet

great (waka) poet; immortal poet

name of poem

versification; tanka poetry