Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
catalog; catalogue; inventory; menu
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
broiled eel served over rice in a lacquered box; broiled eel and rice served in two separate stacked boxes, with eel in top box and rice in bottom box
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
in comparison to; rather than
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
pine, bamboo and plum (an auspicious grouping); high, middle and low (ranking); top, middle and bottom; upper, medium, lower
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
order; sequence; procedure
grade; class; degree; magnitude
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
friend; affection (for siblings)
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
season; the times; opportunity; occasion
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
subject (of a painting); motif; theme; title of a painting
celebration; auspicious occasion
decoration; ornament; trimmings
rikka; formal style of ikebana
is something that; is that which
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
the aforementioned; the said; (man, incident, etc.) in question; the usual
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet