cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous
support (e.g. for an argument); backing; proof; evidence; corroboration; substantiation
heartfelt; sincere; wholehearted
to look upwards; to look up
personality; character; individuality; personhood
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
secret; private; surreptitious
nine levels of Amitabha's Pure Land; Amitabha's Pure Land; nine-tiered lotus leaf platform in Amitabha's Pure Land
lotus-shaped pedestal for images of the Buddha
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
(arch.) boy (sometimes derog.); you
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
carpet; rug; mat, mattress, quilt etc. spread out on the floor (or ground) and used to sit or sleep on; spread; (cloth) cover
ekayana (doctrine that only one teaching, usu. the Lotus Sutra, can lead to enlightenment)
questions and answers; dialogue
older sister; elder sister
to love (someone weaker than oneself); to be affectionate towards; to treat with tender loving care
confinement (for childbirth); bed used by a woman in childbirth; postpartum period; postnatal period
death (of a nobleman, etc.)
written work (esp. a bound text, as opposed to a scroll); a text written entirely in kana; graphic novel (esp. one created between the 12th and 19th centuries); notebook (for practicing kana, drawing pictures, etc.); rough draft
court ladies' residence (in the inner Heian Palace)
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
depiction; including in a picture; delineation
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
to add (e.g. a postscript)
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
curtain; hanging; bunting