Vocabulary

annual herb

gastroenterology

one element; one factor

one stem

next door but one

type of silver coin in the Edo period

greatest hero (mastermind) of the age

first layer

private first class (JGSDF)

general admission seat

recasting

(uncultured) country samurai

seclusion

successor; descendant

leather cord

living room-cum-dining room

protegee; someone who one considers as a younger sister

younger daughter

rustic samurai; boorish samurai

contempt

bid; tender

hollow relief (carving)

ill effects of drinking

rime dictionary; rhyme dictionary; Chinese dictionary arranged by finals

Indian philosophy

mons veneris; mons pubis

being versed in the literary and military arts

final (part of Chinese syllable)

face of a seal

allusion

gastric catarrh

order from above

playboy

northeast

dead of night; middle of the night; midnight

orchid; light purple

thin Japanese paper (esp. vellum paper); Japanese tissue

simpleton; dimwit; sluggard

utai (noh chant) piece for recitation

singing matches