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aural highlight of a noh play in which the main actor dances

relief (carving)

(government) inspector-general (Edo period)

something cold (esp. a body)

woman who played music, danced and worked as a prostitute

following someone through a locked door, thus obtaining unauthorized access

Republic of San Marino

three types of relatives (e.g. father, children and grandchildren; parents, siblings, wife and children; etc.)

belle of society

Kyoto's children

pavilion housing the sacred mirror (in Heian Palace)

female servant hired at a lady-in-waiting's own expense

one's predestined length of life

place to sleep

have to (verb)

customer at a brothel

ceremony for appointing officials other than ministers (from the Heian period)

villa arranged appropriately for summer

as if it weren't already enough

third lunar month

Fronde (series of French civil wars; 1648-1653)

plowing right after the autumn harvest

washing clothes at night (during the height of the summer)

chief navigator

to break off with (e.g. one's lover)

maid at an inn who served clients and worked as a prostitute (Edo period)

to pay attention (to)

travellers' inn

palace workshop responsible for making furnishings, etc. (Heian period)

eleventh lunar month