Vocabulary

turned-in eyelashes; ingrown eyelashes; trichiasis

inverse function

bad deed which ultimately results in the creation of a good Buddhist

(discount rate) negative spread; loss margin; back spread; downturn

reexportation

going upstream; sailing against the current

redemption; recourse

welcoming fire for returning spirits (on the first night of the Bon festival)

Meiji Restoration

Son of God

a question from the emperor

hand-me-down

bathroom; toilet (room)

touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz)

font of purifying water placed at the entrance of a shrine

(imperial) reign; period

used item (to be sold to a shop); unwanted goods

discarding; throwing away; getting rid of

amulet or talisman issued by a Shinto shrine or Buddhist temple

visiting a shrine or temple to give thanks

scholar beholden to the government; self-serving academic; scholar who toadies up to government authorities

purveyor (to the government or Imperial Household)

a company union

pro-government newspaper; newspaper that curries favour with the government

the rounds of tradesmen going door to door

scolding; telling-off; talking-to; dressing-down

audience (with a lord, dignitary, etc.); interview

ahead; before

flunky; cat's-paw; tool; person whose services are at the disposal of another

goshuin; seal stamp given to worshippers and visitors to shrines and temples

shogun-authorized trading vessel (authorised)

the majority (of people); majority view; behaviour of the majority

privy seal; imperial seal

imperial garments

sunrise viewed from the top of a high mountain; the rising sun

attending (upon); keeping another company; being a confidant; serving (a nobleman)

recommendation (of an influential person); order

(imperial) words

being invited

acquaintance; making someone's acquaintance