Ojosan
Formal Japanese for 'daughter'; 'Miss'.
Okusan
Formal Japanese for 'wife'; 'madam'.
Junshi
Ritual suicide to follow one's lord into death.
Nichiren
Famous Buddhist monk.
Asceticism
A lifestyle that abstains from worldly pleasures to achieve spiritual goals.
Compromise
Settling a dispute with both sides giving in to some of the demands of the other.
Exasperating.
Bewildering.
Eccentric.
Unusual; bizarre.
Atrophy
Wasting away.
Perpetual
Eternal; unending.
Faculty
Department members in university.
Kamakura
Beach resort town near Tokyo.
Melancholy
Gloomy state of mind; depression.
Offhand
Not serious.
Hyakunin Isshu
Classical Japanese poetry anthology.
Ponderousness
Seriousness; weightiness.
Tanjo-ji
Literally "Temple of Birth," it is a temple dedicated to Nichiren.
Dogmatic
Characterizing a rigid belief in the truth of certain principles.
Vanity
Desire for fame, or to be praised by others.
Nonchalant
Indifferent; unaffected.
