Vocabulary

south-southwest; south-south-west

embrace; hug; holding in one's arms

all kinds of things; various things; large number of people

staying up late; sitting up late at night; keeping late hours

patron god; tutelar deity; guardian deity; local deity

greatest treasure; most valuable asset; pride (of)

affection (esp. parental); love; fondness

merciful eye (of a Buddha or a bodhisattva watching humanity)

self-support

rudeness; impoliteness; disrespect; impertinence

gale; strong wind; swift wind; fresh breeze (Beaufort scale)

bamboo ladle

becoming red-hot; red heat; scorching heat; burning heat

twenty years of age

measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; knack; skill

beckoning

heavy drinker

Confucianism

self-improvement; (mental) training; self-discipline; cultivation

all eyes; public attention

congestion (with blood); hyperemia; hyperaemia

regarding highly; attaching importance to

deep sleep; sound sleep; profound sleep

patrol

bibliography (list of books by an author or on a subject)

heartbreak; grief; sorrow

excerpt; abridgment; abridgement; book of selections

marshland; wetland; swampland

colloquialism; colloquial language; slang

slip; error; failure

stagnation; hindrance; delay

inner palace (in Edo Castle); palace's ladies chambers; shogun's harem

archduke

pickled daikon radish

verselet

minor role; small part

warm current

male domination of women; male chauvinism; subjection of women

bamboo work; bamboo ware

tea ceremony; chanoyu