Meanings

lesser councilor of state

cabinet

to keep to oneself (secret, etc.)

to keep to oneself (secret, etc.)

due date for payment of tax

raised platform on the bank of a river for enjoying the summer cool

Vienna (Austria)

hometown tax

Sei Shonagon chie-no-ita

natto made by a temple and given to supporters at the end of the year

last business day of the year (usu. December 28)

natto made by a temple and given to supporters at the end of the year

lowering (e.g. of a flag)

storage space (esp. in a home)

Tokugawa Yoshinobu's resignation as Minister of the Interior and the abandonment of the Shogunate's territories (during the Meiji Restoration)

kanoite

large storage space

rent arrears

adoption (e.g. of a proposal)

straw-wrapped natto