civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
striking; remarkable; considerable
future (usually near); prospects
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
urgent business; pressing need; imperative
to start work (on); to undertake; to start committing a crime; embarkation; launch
pride; self-confidence; self-esteem; self-conceit
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
along (wall, coast, river, etc.); alongside; following
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
janitor; caretaker; custodian; (slighting reference to a) handyman
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
opium poppy (Papaver somniferum)
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper
one roll; one book; one volume; first volume; rolling once; wrapping once around
book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook
chair; stool; post; office; position
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner
quiet conversation; idle talk
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
to write down; to record; to register
Judea (southern Palestine); Jews