Vocabulary

building where one keeps oxcarts and other conveyances inside a private estate

low-class prostitute who was kept in a sort of cage at the front of the establishment (Edo period)

low class licensed prostitute (Edo period)

prostitute of the lowest class (Edo period)

offering a gift (to a superior)

influential vassal; powerful retainer; powerful courtier

workshop

archery ceremony; ceremony related to archery

sitting outdoors

kitchen

priest's flapper made from the tail of a large deer; long stick with the tail of a large deer attached

thatched hut

hot summer air

difficult breathing; heavy breathing; gasping

unfired clay figurine

curtained sleeping platform in shinden-style residences (used by people of high rank)

pent roof built atop the stairs of a shrine or temple

pent roof built atop the stairs of a shrine or a building in a classic aristocratic villa

interior closed room with heavily plastered walls in a Heian palace

partitioning screen

partitions in a Japanese house (e.g. screens, sliding doors, etc.)

almsgiving because of faith

imperfect (Buddhist) training; imperfection in one's (Buddhist) training; incomplete training; poor training

Taoism and Buddhism

young male servant; page

unglazed (e.g. pottery)

unglazed reddish brown pottery (originally from China)

land near a castle

oil leak

farming implement

hazy; dim; faint; vague

dim; faint; unclear

common nutmeg (tree) (Myristica fragrans)

red wine

gathering; swarming

strategic resources; strategic materials

vaporization; volatilization; sublimation

this product; this item; this article

iron-reinforced warships built by Oda Nobunaga

ox seller; ox vendor