Lesson 140

23 Kanji

24 Vocabulary

young lady of noble birth ②girl ③small ④prostitute
legitimate child
slave ②slavery
(Japanese) empress
master painter
court physician
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period) ②man in attendance (on a person of high standing)
humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism) ②duty ③formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.) ④(gang's) moral code
immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism) ②person not bound by earthly desires
captain (Army, US Marine Corps, USAF)
government official
prisoner (of war)
imperial tomb
imperial mausoleum ②big hill
ancient burial mound
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures)