splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
derailment; digression; deviation
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
audience; attendance; hearers
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to be mistaken for; to be confused with
another method; another problem
to realize one's error; to realize one's errors
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
the public; general public
repentance; confession; penitence
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
expresses displeasure or disapproval; just from (doing); simply by
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
just because; even if; even though
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
earnestly; repeatedly; patiently
Nara period (710-794); imperial court during Nara period
emperor (of Japan); mikado
emperor (of Japan); mikado; (the gates of an) imperial residence
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
imperial palace (esp. Kyoto Imperial Palace); imperial residence; residence of a shogun, minister, etc.; emperor; ex-emperor; empress
the aforementioned; the said; (man, incident, etc.) in question; the usual
ancestor; forefather; foremother
farmer; peasant; farming; the common people
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty
than; other than; except; but