Japan's old (lunisolar) calendar
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
accompanying; being accompanied by; going with
undershirt (worn under a kimono); singlet
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
visit to a temple or shrine; worship; pilgrimage
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese pheasant
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
two parts; both parts; both realms (i.e. the Diamond Realm and the Womb Realm); Shinto-Buddhist amalgamation
gods and Buddha; Shinto and Buddhism
mixture; intermixture; mixing up; contamination; creation of unorthodox words or phrases by combining terms of similar form or meaning
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
hokora; small wayside shrine
Kōka era (1844.12.2-1848.2.28)
various countries; various regions; various provinces
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
disciple; pupil; follower
to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out