Vocabulary

kneecap

near one's knee

moving forward by sliding on one's knees (in the presence of high-ranking individuals)

keeping time by tapping one's knees

laying one's head in someone's lap; using someone's lap for a pillow

lap blanket

(sitting) knee-to-knee; face-to-face

direct negotiations; pressing a demand with a face-to-face talk

full house; sell-out

tagged (esp. with a price)

temple which issues amulets

setting to music; composition

economization; economisation

Setsuyōshū (Muromachi-era Japanese dictionary)

working on a day off (to make up for lost time, or to make an impression)

knothole; peep-hole

conserving rice

end-of-year settling of accounts

chaste wife; faithful wife

(musical) intonation marks

fidelity to one's principles

knotty wood or tree

made of knotted silk

wastebasket; dustbin

rice fragments; broken rice; crushed rice

waste thread

ragman; junkman; garbage man

scrap iron

all; wholly; entirely; without exception

forevermore; for eternity

future tense

detention pending trial

a primitive society

seasoned nori

tasting; sampling

grinding miso

low-ranking monk (tasked with doing kitchen chores)

decayed (baby) tooth

miso lees; miso strainings; miso dregs

meat, fish or vegetables preserved in miso; preserving in miso