trade association; craft; guild
association; union; guild; labor union; labour union; trade union
commerce; trade; business
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
power; authority; jurisdiction
Gion (entertainment district in Kyoto); Jetavana Monastery (India) (abbr); Jetavana-vihara; Yasaka Shrine (Kyoto) (abbr); Gion Festival (abbr); Gion
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
right (to do something); authority; power
big gamble; big plunge; big mountain
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
imperial villa; royal villa; detached palace
Hachiman (god of war); Hachiman shrine; (arch.) certainly
wild sesame (Perilla frutescens var. frutescens); oilseed perilla; egoma
medieval trade guild specialized in perilla oil
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
intimacy; affection; familiarity
very much; exceedingly; extremely
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
look!; there!; here!; that is
subordinate shrine; professional entertainer
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryō system or Meiji Grand Council system)
funny story; funny anecdote
equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent
to establish oneself in life; to achieve success; to reach a high position; to begin life (as an adult); to step out into the world
courtier; noble; people serving the Imperial Court
later on; eventually; afterwards
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.; maxim
entering the priesthood; priest; monk; bonze
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
priestly teacher; preceptor; monk (esp. the head monk of a temple); priest; second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; master (of one's art, trade, etc.)
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in