painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan; wild boar (meat)
Tanba (former province located in parts of present-day Kyoto, Hyogo and Osaka prefectures)
Tango (former province located in the north of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)
working earnestly; sincerity; diligence; effort; pains
early Japanese Christianity (from the later Muromachi period); early Japanese Christian
point below the navel (a focus point for internal meditative techniques)
alchemy; art of making elixirs
red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis); Japanese crane; red-cap oranda (goldfish); Tanchō (koi variety); having a red crest or patch on the head (of a bird, fish, etc.)
Jintan (brand-name breath mint marketed as having various medicinal properties); refreshing candies resembling BBs or metallic dragees
light crimson; scarlet tinged with purple
ornamental kale (Brassica oleracea var. acephara)
to take pains (doing something); to take great care
clandestine Christian (during the Edo period); secret Christian
boar meat hot pot; boar stew
red lead; minium; lead(II,IV) oxide
red and blue; paints; colors; painting; picture
Khitan people; Khitai; Kitan; Kidan
tan-e; early multi-colour ukiyo-e print
any oriental variety of cherry tree descended from the Oshima cherry
elixir of life (prepared from cinnabar in ancient China)
kabuki brush (type of powder brush)
Tanshū (the two former provinces of Tanba and Tango)
red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis); Japanese crane
beautiful appearance of a woman
Paeonia suffrutticosa; tree peony
Tanzenburo (famous early Edo period bathhouse)
former Christian (forced to apostatize during the Edo period); fallen Christian
moss-rose purslane (Portulaca grandiflora)
5-point card with a blue tanzaku; blue ribbon card; scoring combination consisting of the three 5-point cards with blue tanzaku
5-point card with a red tanzaku; red ribbon card; the three 5-point cards with ribbons (high-scoring meld)
writing an inscription on a stone monument (e.g. before carving it)
Asian melastome; Melastoma candidum
blue vitriol; chalcanthite
Ryōtan (region in Kansai corresponding to the two historical provinces of Tanba and Tango)
princess-flower (Tibouchina urvilleana)
Order of the Precious Crown, Peony
botan shrimp (Pandalus nipponensis)
Peucedanum japonicum (species of umbellifer with edible leaves)
lovebird (esp. Lilian's lovebird, Agapornis lilianae)
Grateloupia elliptica (species of red alga)
type of smelling salts sold in the late Edo period