emaciation; gauntness; haggardness
final month of pregnancy; month in which childbirth is due
a long time (since the last time)
heartrending; pitiful; saddening; pathetic; heart-breaking
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
young imperial prince; child of the imperial family; shrine dedicated to a child of the god of the main shrine; newly built shrine (to which a divided tutelary deity has just been transferred)
imperial palace; festival dolls representing the emperor and the empress
to be in complete attendance
chief; main; principal; main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)
to take care doing something; to be prudent; to take no chances; to play it safe
easy delivery; easy childbirth; safe birth
to come; to go; to participate; to perform Zen meditation
gods and Buddha; Shinto and Buddhism
only because ...; definitely not; certainly not; if actually
imperial palace (esp. Kyoto Imperial Palace); imperial residence; residence of a shogun, minister, etc.; emperor; ex-emperor; empress
with one's life (protect, etc.); at the cost of one's life
Son of God; child of an emperor
report; notification; registration
to call out; to ask someone to come
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking
prayer; grace (at meals); exorcism
after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter
prayer (for something); supplication
to be; to exist; to be (honorific copula)
together with; same; both; all; including ...
law; rule; regulation; destiny; fate; karma
generation of heat; (attack of) fever; pyrexia
separation; farewell; parting
special; auspicious; happy; naive; innocent; good-natured
prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited
torii; Shinto shrine archway
information; news; report; reward; retribution
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
put; place; leave; do (in preparation)
pursuer; pursuing party; posse