Vocabulary

Oribe school of tea ceremony

Yabunouchi school of tea ceremony

Sekishū school of tea ceremony

Sōwa school of tea ceremony

Edo Senke school of tea ceremony

Sakai school of tea ceremony

Rikyū school of tea ceremony (i.e. the Senke school)

Sōtan school of tea ceremony

Sansai school of tea ceremony

Matsuo school of tea ceremony

grandmother-in-law

grandfather-in-law

duke, marquis, count, viscount and baron (five ranks of nobility in Japan; 1869-1947)

cheers; prosit

to pour; to dash (water) over; to douse with

to lead; to spearhead; to command

a woman has no home of her own in this world (because she has to obey her parents when she is young, her husband when she gets married, and her children when she is old)

round-headed tack; drawing pin

round-headed tack

neighbor across the street

damages caused by bears (on human settlements, including attacks on humans)

damage caused by wild animals (e.g. to crops, trees)

damages caused by an evil apparition; a ghost's curse

weather disaster; weather-related natural disaster

industrial injury; employment injury

future calamities

diseases and problems caused by alcohol use; harmful effects of drinking alcohol; alcoholism

removal (of something dangerous or damaging)

food contamination; pollution of food products

man-made disaster

commuting accident; commuting injury; injury sustained during one's commute

agricultural disaster; damages to crops, livestock, etc. caused by abnormal weather

loose rockfall

clean sheet (in a soccer match)

day of admission (at a training institute, etc.); first day

cancellation charge; cancellation fee

driving school vehicle

handbrake turn

taking an intensive driving course while staying in accommodation provided by the driving school; driving school camp

autumn and winter; fall and winter