small gate; side gate; wicket gate; side door
be (that) as it may; having said that
passage (of people, traffic); passing; common usage
law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
work in a Zen temple (e.g. cleaning, working in the fields)
family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
(surface of) field; plain; unworked surface of (quarried) stone; (rough) surface of plank
vast and blue (e.g. ocean); dusky; shadowy
gentle breeze; soft wind; breath of air; zephyr
sidelocks; hair at the temples
scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly
ornamental crossed rafter ends on shrine gables
log on the roof of a shrine set perpendicular to the ridgepole
Japanese traditional architectural style where the main entrance is on one or both of the gabled sides
curtain raising; starting (e.g. play, concert)
style of shrine architecture based on that of Ise Jingu
to stop walking; to pause
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
standard tones; Chinese system of musical sounds
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
kakko; Japanese hourglass drum, played with sticks on both sides, traditionally used in gagaku
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government