cause

manuscript

original work

the original

principle

cause unknown

tableland

grassy field ②grass-covered plain

cost price

starting point ②origin (of coordinate axes) ③datum point

(raw) ore ②unpolished gemstone

principle ②as a rule

original author (of a work)

original plan

primitive

atom

raw materials

prototype

original form

plain

field

field

the ocean

ocean

pine grove

burnt field

reed bed

mulberry field

field of bamboo grass

field of bamboo grass

sandy plain

Sekigahara (battle site, 1600) ②decisive battle

Battle of Sekigahara (1600)

Shimabara Rebellion (1637-1638)

they

the sky

vast country

open field

the blue sea

the nobility ②man

Ogasawara-ryu (school of etiquette) ②punctilious etiquette ③Ogasawara-ryu (school of archery, incl. horseback archery) ④Ogasawara-ryu (school of military strategy)

(collapsible) cylindrical paper lantern

fruitless discussion

reed warbler (esp. the great reed warbler, but also the black-browed reed warbler)

Fujiwara period (esp. used as a period of art history, approx. 894-1185 CE)

buckskin (horse color)

language used by the harlots of the Yoshiwara red light district during the Edo period

Fujiwhara effect

guide to the Yoshiwara red light district

scoring combination consisting of the January, February and March 5-point cards

scoring combination consisting of the January and March 20-point cards and the February 10-point card

the four Fujiwara families

Bonin English

mountain areas of Kunigami County in Northern Okinawa

dry riverbed

Children's Limbo ②futile

actors

laborer or entertainer of the lowest social rank (in medieval Japan) ②kabuki actor (Edo period)