noun:

• a tuft of hair

noun:

• light offered to a god or Buddha; votive light

noun:

• elder chief of a village or town during Edo Period - archaism ➜ 年寄り

noun / ~する noun:

• a reading leaves one with ceaseless sighs of admiration - four character idiom

noun:

• sympathy for a tragic hero; rooting for the underdog - four character idiom

noun:

• blindstitched machined fabric edge (selvedge) forming a fold, pleat, edge, etc.

noun:

• game (contest) held in the presence of a lord (daimyo, shogun) - four character idiom

noun:

• candy-coated strawberry on a stick

noun:

• capital punishment given personally by a feudal lord after a disrespectful act

expression / noun:

• charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) fish stay on the bottom of water and flying wild geese fall from the sky in shame ➜ 閉月羞花・沈魚落雁

noun:

• a country being in a state of universal peace; the world being peaceful and uneventful - four character idiom

noun:

• centre of a prefecture; heart of a prefecture

~する noun:

• to become a mistress; to serve as a concubine ➜ 妾奉公
• to serve one's master ➜ 主人に仕える

noun:

• (the likes of) a mere tradesman - four character idiom

noun:

• cost of a meal (or meals)

noun:

• geisha belonging to a call-office (usually a skilled geisha) ➜ 検番

noun / ~する noun:

• skipping school or work without a good reason; playing truant; playing hooky

noun / ~する noun:

• handling a ship

noun:

• a complete turnabout via a single blow

noun:

• young woman with a lot of superficial knowledge about sex, etc.

noun:

• margin for a seam; seam allowance

adverb:

• without a flaw; accurately

noun:

• lucky or unlucky aspect of a given day

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to have a desire to urinate

noun / ~する noun:

• exchanging parts or equipment to effect a change in performance