akÉni, a wicker trunk for luggage.
anata, you.
arimasu, is, there is.
ashigaru, common soldier in the service of a baron.
awabi, rocksucker, a species of univalve shell-fish, haliotis japonicus, which furnishes also mother-of-pearl.
bai-shin, arriÈre vassal.
baku-fu, 'military power,' term applied to the de facto government by its adversaries. See p. 172.
bettÉ, a member of the corps of guards enrolled for the protection of the foreign legations.
bettÉ-gumi, the corps of guards, see bettÉ.
bugiÔ, governor, commissioner.
cha-dai, present made to an innkeeper, which takes the place of tips to waiters and chamber-maids.
cha-no-yu, tea-drinking with an elaborate ceremonial.
chÔ-tÉki, rebel against the sovereign.
daimiÔ, baron, see p. 36.
denka, Highness.
doma, the pit in a theatre.
dÔshin, constable.
fudai, lesser barons, vassals of the Tokugawa family, see p. 36.
gai-koku bugiÔ, commissioners for foreign affairs, corresponding to our Under-Secretaries of State.
gai-koku-gata, official of the department of foreign affairs.
gaimushÔ, ministry of foreign affairs.
Gautama, family name of the founder of Buddhism.
gÉba, notice to alight from horseback.
gei-sha, a female musician, employed at dinner-parties.
gijÔ, head of an administrative department, see p. 297 n.
gisÔ, a councillor acting as intermediary between the Mikado and the Tycoon, q.v.
go-kÉ-nin, an ordinary retainer of the Tokugawa family.
gorÔjiÛ, the ShÔgun's council, see p. 68.
goten, the palace of a daimiÔ or baron, as distinguished from his castle.
gun-kan, army-inspector.
hakama, a pair of wide trousers.
haori, a mantle.
harakiri, self-immolation by disembowelment, described at p. 344.
hatago, charge for entertainment at an inn.
hatamoto, name of lesser vassals of the Tokugawa family, see p. 36.
heika, Majesty.
hikido kago, a palanquin with sliding doors, see p. 206.
hiraketa, civilized.
homma da, it is true.
hommaru, keep of a castle.
honjin, literally 'headquarters,' mostly used for the official inn at a posting town.
hÔren, phoenix-chariot, name given to the Mikado's state palanquin.
ichibu, a silver coin, value varying from 10d to 1s 8d, according to the rate of exchange.
inkio, applied to the retired head of a family, whether noble or commoner, see p. 174.
jimbaori, war-surcoat.
jingasa, war-hat.
jinketsu, a man of mark, cleverest man.
jinrikisha, vulgo 'rickshaw,' a light carriage for one person, drawn by a man.
jin-shin fu-ori-ai, unsettlement of the popular mind.
jÔ-dan, elevated floor.
jÔ-i, expulsion of barbarians.
jÔ-yaku, a chief clerk.
jÛ-bako, consisting of a pile of open boxes for holding food, the top one of which alone has a cover.
kago, a palanquin.
kaiseijo, government school for teaching European languages.
kai-shaku, 'best man' of one who is performing harakiri, q.v. p. 345.
kakkÉ, dropsy of the lower limbs.
kakurÔ, unceremonious appellation of the Tycoon's Council, see p. 172.
kami, title corresponding to earl, baron, when following the name of a province, but after the name of a government department equivalent to minister.
kami, English 'sire.'
kami-shimo, costume consisting of hempen trousers and mantle, worn on occasions of ceremony.
kamon, a class of barons, see p. 36.
kan-tÔ, rebel, traitor.
kara-yÔ, the Chinese style of running-hand script.
kari-ginu, gala dress of a noble.
karÔ, the higher class of hereditary councillors of a baron.
katakana, a Japanese syllabary, corresponding to our Roman alphabet.
kenshi, an official inspector.
kerai, retainer of a baron.
kiki-yaku, agent for the sale of a baron's produce as rent paid in kind.
kin-Ô, jÔ-i, honouring the sovereign and expelling barbarians.
kinsatsu, gold-note, paper-money so-called.
kinshin, voluntary self-confinement in expiation of an offence.
kiÔgen, farce.
kiri-bÔ kago, a palanquin suspended from a pole of Paulownia wood.
kÔ-fuku, surrender.
koku, a measure, equal to about 5 bushels, used also as a measure of land assessment, see p. 36.
kokushi, a baron whose fief comprised one or more provinces.
kÔtei, Emperor, the same as the Chinese term 'hwang-ti,' see p. 163.
ko-t'ou, Chinese expression meaning to knock the forehead on the floor.
kubÔ-sama, title applied by the people to the ShÔgun, and meaning 'civil ruler'; sama is the equivalent of the French 'monsieur,' see p. 172.
kumi-gashira, vice-governor.
kurÔ, trouble, used in the sense of 'thank you.'
kwambaku, Grand Vizier, see p. 152.
kwanrei, administrator for the ShÔgun, see p. 38.
machi-kata, municipal officer.
mae-darÉ, apron.
metsukÉ, an official with no administrative functions, whose duty was to report, if necessary, on the proceedings of others, variously translated, see pp. 23, 122, 245, 272.
Mikado, the ancient title of the Japanese sovereign.
mikoshi, a god's litter carried in religious pageants.
mirin, a sweet liquor brewed from rice.
miso, a paste made from a bean called ko-mamÉ, and used chiefly in the preparation of soup.
mochi, a cake made of glutinous rice.
mokusa-muri, lacquered articles showing a sea-weed pattern.
naga-bÔ, long pole, used to denote a palanquin with an extra long pole.
nanko, name of a game, see p. 390.
nanushi, mayor.
Nippon, same as Nihon, the Japanese word which we have corrupted into Japan.
nÔshi, a noble's court dress.
nÔ-yakusha, actor of the classical drama, see p. 397.
Ôbiroma, hall of audience.
ohaguro, a dye composed of galls and sulphate of iron, used for staining the teeth.
ohiruyasumi, midday rest; o is an honorific prefix.
okoyasumi, a slight rest.
oku-go-yÛ-hitsu, an official private secretary.
ometsukÉ, see metsukÉ; o is the honorific prefix.
Ô-metsukÉ, a chief metsukÉ, q.v.; Ô, chief.
onna-gochiso, an entertainment at which women were employed to amuse the guests.
on-ye-riÛ, a Japanese style of running-hand script.
o-shiro-jÔ-in, a hall in the Tycoon's palace inside the castle.
o yasumi nasai, 'good-night,' literally 'be pleased to repose.'
peggi, corruption of a Malay word, used in Japan in the sense of 'go away.'
rambÔ-rÔzÉki, disturbance and violence, see p. 159.
rei-hei-shi, name of an envoy sent by the Mikado to worship at the tomb of IyÉyasu at NikkÔ.
riÔ, a Japanese coin of account, formerly equivalent to about 1-1/3 Mexican dollar.
riÔ-gakÉ, a pair of wicker-trunks for luggage, suspended from the opposite ends of a pole carried on the shoulder.
rÔ-jiÛ, councillors of the ShÔgun, see pp. 39 and 69.
rÔnin, a run-away retainer of a baron, see p. 78.
rusui, a person left in charge of an establishment during the absence of the owner or master.
sakana, food taken with liquor; as it chiefly consists of fish, it is often used in the sense of 'fish' as a food.
sakÉ, a light liquor brewed from rice, mostly drunk mulled.
sakuron, 'a political discussion,' see p. 300.
samurai, a member of the military class, entitled to wear a pair of swords, a longer and a shorter one, the latter being an over-grown dirk.
sanyo, councillor, see p. 297.
sarampan, corruption of a Malay word used in Japan in the sense of 'break,' 'broken.'
sazai, a shell-fish named Turbo cornutus; the shell also furnishes mother-of-pearl.
sei-i-tai-ShÔgun, the full title of the Tycoon or ShÔgun, see p. 174.
seishi, herald, harbinger.
sengarÉ, a familiar word meaning son, and used only by the father in speaking of him.
sessha, a self-depreciatory word used for the pronoun of the 1st person.
shibori, a kind of crape resembling the Indian bandhanna.
shibukami, thick paper rendered tough by being soaked in the juice of the unripe persimmon fruit.
shinsen-gumi, a body of armed samurai or two-sworded men, recently raised.
shirabÉ-yaku, director in an administrative department.
shishinden, name of the Emperor's hall of audience.
shiro-in, private drawing-room.
shisetsu, literally 'purple snow,' a patent medicine.
shitaniro, down!
ShÔgun, the de facto ruler of Japan when it was opened to foreign trade in 1859, see p. 33. By foreigners he was usually called 'the Tycoon,' which means 'great prince,' a title properly belonging to the sovereign. It seems to have been originally used in diplomatic correspondence with Korea; see also p. 163.
sÔ-kwai-sho, municipal office.
sÔsai, chief minister, see p. 300.
shugo-shoku, office of the guardian of the Mikado's person, see p. 295.
shuku-yakunin, alderman of a posting-station.
shussei, administrator, minister.
tai, Serranus marginalis, sometimes called sea-bream.
taikomochi, a professional jester.
tatÉba, a halfway tea-house between two posting-stations.
tengu-ren, 'goblin-band,' name assumed by a society of seditious men of the military class.
tenshi, the central tower rising from the keep of a castle.
tensÔ, an official whose duty it was to report to the Mikado the decisions of the ShÔgun.
tobayÉ, caricature.
tokonoma, the shallow recess or alcove in a room, originally the bedplace; in front of it was the place of honour.
TÔ-kai-dÔ, properly speaking the row of provinces along the coast between Ozaka and Yedo, but also applied to the high road from KiÔto to Yedo.
toso, a new-year's drink, see p. 409.
tozama, descendants of barons who had submitted to the supremacy of IyÉyasu, see p. 36.
tsutsushindÉ oru, used to express the retirement of a personage in order to signify his acknowledgment that he has committed an offence against his superior.
Tycoon, see ShÔgun.
utai, the classical drama of Japan.
wakizashi, the short sword or dirk worn alongside of the fighting sword by a member of the military class, and not laid aside within doors as the other is.
wasabi, Eutrema wasabi, root of a plant belonging to the same order as horse-radish.
yakata-bunÉ, house-boat.
yaku-biÔ, official indisposition.
yakunin, official.
yamato-nishiki, cotton brocade.
yashiki, the hotel of a baron or lesser noble, also at trading centres the depÔt for the sale of a baron's produce received as payment of rent or taxes in kind.
Yedo, the original name of TÔkiÔ, the seat of government.
yogi, large stuffed bed-gown, used as a coverlet.
yÔnin, hereditary councillor of a baron, of lower rank than karÔ, q.v.
yÛ-geki-tai, literally 'brave fighting-men,' see p. 299.
yukata, a cotton bathing-gown.
zoku-miÔ, the name borne by a male child until adolescence.
zÔni, a soup eaten at New Year, see p. 409.
