secret method; secret process; secret formula; esoteric rituals (in Shingon Buddhism)
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
decorum; propriety; politeness
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
vehicle; horse-drawn carriage
burr (e.g. chestnut); bur; cupule; case
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
capital; metropolis; old Kyoto
(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
open-hearted; free and easy; frank; not being bothered by unimportant things
lawlessness; violation of customs
blowing (e.g. of the wind); playing (a wind instrument); player (e.g. clarinet); (pair of) bellows; casting; founding
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
collection (of fees, taxes, etc.); levy
shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.
mountains and rivers; natural surroundings
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
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
land of the gods; Japan; China
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
to try to (do); to want to; to be about to (do, happen)
wordly things; common customs; the world; the (common) people; secularity
to conform to; to agree with; to be adapted to; to be based on
child in elementary or middle school; go-between; intermediary; (arch.) person of middling talent, strength, etc.; (arch.) middle-class person; (arch.) bourgeois person
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit
effect; result; worth; use; avail
at that time; in those days
the bottom of one's heart
(a) vein; (a) thread (of connection)