living in rented quarters; rented house
many regrets; much sadness; much resentment; much bitterness
crossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)
heartrending; pitiful; saddening; pathetic; heart-breaking
sanity; consciousness; soberness
to hold all the while; to talk about nothing but
to hire; to lease; to requisition; to charter
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
Minister of the Left (official in Nara and Heian periods)
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
Hikaru Genji; The Shining Genji
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
pent-up resentment; grudges and hard feelings
Minister of the Right (official in Nara and Heian periods)
to chant (repeat) the name of Buddha
extremely rude (impertinent, impolite)
Amitabha's Pure Land; Sukhavati
estate; homestead; house and land (it stands on); messuage
exile; banishment; deportation
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
rebellion; uprising; insurrection; (arch.) treason
bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla); French hydrangea
hell on earth; living hell
ox carriage (for Heian era nobles); oxcart
greeting; a fine thing to say
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
strongish; somewhat strong
here and there; this way and that way; everywhere; all over
wounded person; injured person
to repent; to be penitent
Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family
entering the priesthood; priest; monk; bonze
saying all one has to say (usu. negative, e.g. complaints, insults, etc.)
house; dwelling; human habitation
this and that; one thing and another
insolent fellow; rude fellow
this and that; this or that; one thing after another
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
Asura; demigod; fighting; carnage; sledge (for conveying large rocks, logs, etc.); log slide