七夕
the Tanabata Festival; the Star Festival (celebrated on 「July 7 [August 7])説明Tanabata is a festiv...
代官
1〔官職の代理〕a deputy official; a deputy administrator2〔江戸時代の役人〕a local administrator
蟄居
1〔家に閉じこもること〕蟄居する stay [shut oneself up] in one's house2〔江戸時代の刑罰〕蟄居の身であるbe placed 「in confinement ...
町人
〔商人〕a merchant；〔職人〕a craftsman, an artisan；〔総称〕the merchant class江戸時代の町人townspeople in the Edo er...
同心
1〔中心が同じこと〕concentricity同心の concentric2〔心を同じくすること〕同心の友a kindred spirit／twin souls3〔鎌倉・室町時代の下級兵卒〕a ...
俳句
a haiku (poem); a Japanese poem consisting of seventeen syllables説明Haiku is a form of waka, or Ja...
百人一首
a (New Year's) card game in which the players try to match the first and second halves of each of...
閉門
1〔門を閉じること〕何時に閉門しますかWhen will the gate be closed?2〔江戸時代の罰〕house arrest
豆板
1〔江戸時代の銀貨〕豆板銀a small bean-shaped silver coin (used in the Edo period)2〔菓子〕a soybean candy bar
落語
rakugo; traditional comic storytelling; a rakugo story説明Rakugo is a genre of classical Japanese s...
