to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
poverty; penury; want; (arch.) insufficiency; (arch.) shortage; (arch.) deficiency
complete Buddhist scriptures
three parts; three copies
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion
failure; mistake; blunder
to repeat; to do something over again
calamity; disaster; accident
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
Tenpyō-shōhō era (749.7.2-757.8.18)
visiting Tang China (esp. of an envoy, monk, or exchange student); entering Tang China
vice-envoy; deputy delegate
(arch.) I; (arch.) me; (person having) thin or shaved eyebrows; affectionate suffix for names of young men or pets
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
Yangzhou (China); Yangchow
(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
envoy; ambassador; delegate; emissary; mission
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
worldly affairs; public affairs
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
monk; priest, particularly a high-ranking Zen monk honored by the imperial court
to get help; to enlist aid
secret; private; surreptitious
riverbank (esp. the Yangtze River)
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
sake (implied to be low-grade)
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
disembarkation; getting off a ship; going ashore
to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to