[つぼね, tsubone](n) (1) court lady; lady-in-waiting (Heian period); (2) (See 曹司・1) separate room in a palace (esp. for a lady) (Heian period); (3) room for a very low class prostitute; (4) (See 局女郎) very low class prostitute#177[Add to Longdo]
[がくせい, gakusei](n) (1) (arch) Heian-period student of government administration; (2) (arch) Buddhist scholar; researcher at a Buddhist temple; person studying Buddhism; (3) (arch) learning; scholarship#423[Add to Longdo]
[し, shi](n) (1) messenger; (2) (abbr) (See 検非違使) police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); (3) { Buddh } (See 煩悩・2) klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)#5417[Add to Longdo]