to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
to take action; to start; to get started; to begin to do
unrest prevailing; turmoil reigning
eighteenth day of the month; eighteen days
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
common orient clam (Meretrix lusoria)
mediation; agency; agent; mediator; middleman; go-between
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
Muromachi period (1333-1573)
to have secret communication with; to have a tacit understanding with
repetition; iteration; recursion; recurrence; recapitulation
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism
Amur silvergrass (Miscanthus sacchariflorus)
gale; violent (strong) wind
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
imperial palace; festival dolls representing the emperor and the empress
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
ambush; interception; counter-attack
top or preceding horizontal column
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
to present; to dedicate; to obey; to follow; to proudly bear
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
lump (of flour, etc.); clump (of ground meat, etc.)
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
fence; hedge; barrier; wall; railing
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
necromancer (esp. a blind female in northeastern Honshu); medium; shaman
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
head; chief; leader; the greatest of all; the most excellent