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(a person's) family background

titubation

to admire (someone's courage)

flourishing

flock of sheep

Chōroku era (1457.9.28-1460.12.21)

Jōkyō era (1684.2.21-1688.9.30)

Kannō era (of the Northern Court) (1350.2.27-1352.9.27)

Ōchō era (1311.4.28-1312.3.20)

kanji "stone" radical at left

warm reception

reeking of liquor

Vega (star in the constellation Lyra)

Japanese-German dictionary

welling of water

racemous inflorescence

occasionally

anthem

last ray of hope

to have a hard time of it

Jōji era (of the Northern Court) (1362.9.23-1368.2.18)

professor specializing in the readings of kanji in classic Confucianist texts

Chinese noodles (esp. ramen)

form of bondage torture in which the victim is hung from the ceiling with their hands and legs bound behind them and a rock placed on their back (Edo period)

type of ribbon fastening used on wedding gifts, get-well gifts, etc.

strapped for cash

to punish the wicked

bright intelligence

surpassing one's master

to have one's hair cut