臈 - year-end sacrifice, dried meat

to be elegant (usu. of a woman); to be graceful; to be refined

maid working in the domestic quarters of a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)

court lady; noblewoman

court ladies of the middle rank serving in the inner palace (Heian period)

long time; long years of service

to become skilled through years of experience

year in the Buddhist order (after the completion of the first meditation retreat)