daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
Hon'ami Kouetsu (1558-1637)
something like ...; something called ...
love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by
quiet and secluded life; quiet retreat; idle life
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
to strike out; to start swimming
position; place of employment
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
Suō (former province located in the southeast of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
battlefield; battleground
discontent; dissatisfaction; complaint; grievance
carrying out one's duties; ruling a fief; ruling a territory given by one's liege; territory given by one's liege; fief
pressure; clamping; tightening; fastening
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
Chinese poem; Chinese poetry
to twirl; to spin; to fiddle with; to change (e.g. wording)
lately; recently; nowadays
drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
to settle (a problem); to put an end to (a dispute); to be disposed of; to be settled; to come to an end
one's body alone; having nothing except one's body; just oneself (with no belongings)
Western style residences built mostly for early foreign settlers during the end of the Shogunate and the Meiji era
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
proficient; skillful; enjoying; satisfaction; satiation
backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back
flat-tasting; bland; lacking in flavor; dull; flat; unimaginative
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
time to pay the piper; (lit.) time to pay the land tax (in kind)
to fling off; to throw off; to cast aside; to abandon; to throw to the winds
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
wholehearted; earnest; determined; intent; single-minded; straightforward
young owner; young proprietor
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
to get (someone) drunk; to inebriate; to intoxicate; to charm; to enchant