authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
(former) postal note (abolished in 1951); postal order
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam
principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me
lacquerer; lacquer craftsman; lacquer artist
to have a smattering knowledge of
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
storage room; storeroom; lumber room
drawing and manual arts (school subject)
training; education; development; cultivation
welcome (news); inviting; encouraging; tempting; hopeful
one's body alone; having nothing except one's body; just oneself (with no belongings)
misuji (cut of beef, usu. from the chuck); shamisen; samisen
snappingly; with a snap; merely ...; having just ...
same village; same town; same province
gold or silver lacquer; lacquer decoration sprinkled with metal powder
scattered animal feed; ground bait
household; home; family; housekeeping
workshop; studio; atelier
East-Asian lacquer; japan; Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly Rhus verniciflua)
standing guard; watchman; watchman at the shogun's palaces (Edo period)
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
ceramics painting; porcelain painting; painting on china
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
corrosion; etching; action of acid; rot; rust; erosion
hollow; cavity; sunken place; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) female genitalia