cunning and wickedness; cunning and wicked person
business; enterprise; venture; (social) project; undertaking; enterprise
acolyte; adherent; follower; imitator; copycat
formal; official; regular; proper; legal; due (formalities)
the others; the remainder
draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.); tie
one's course; one's path; one's road
arrest; apprehension; capture
patina; antique look; elegant simplicity; well-trained voice
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
normal practice; proper practice
extreme (measure, idea, etc.); radical; violent (language); strenuous (exercise, work, etc.); excessive; (physically) demanding
acknowledgement; acknowledgment
low-grade; low-class; low-quality; vulgar; cheap
superstition; superstitious belief
party; set; gang; company; person
farmer; peasant; farming; country bumpkin; yokel; the common people
passion; sexual desire; lust; attachment (esp. to one's family or a member of the opposite sex)
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
inner; intrinsic; mental; inherited
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
can do nothing but ...; have no choice but to ...; there is nothing to do but ...; cannot help ...
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
ascetic practices (esp. celibacy)
recitation; reciting from memory
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
the present age; these days; (present) head of the family
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
solution; solution strategy
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
extremely; terrifically; super
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
natural disaster; cataclysm
Buddhist teachings; Buddhism
state-supported provincial temple (Nara period)
large number (of); many; majority
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
indisposition; emperor's illness; unhappiness
3000; three thousand; many
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
retired emperor; ex-emperor; former emperor; emperor emeritus