臈 - year-end sacrifice, dried meat

court lady; noblewoman

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

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

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

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

long time; long years of service

to become skilled through years of experience