odd; strange; queer; peculiar
deed; act; action; conduct; behavior; behaviour
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something
to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up
Houjou Tokiyori (1227-63)
(courteous) invitation; call
to draw the conclusion that ...; to conclude
unfairness; injustice; partiality
meaning; connotation; denotation
lord of a manor; estate steward
oppressive exaction (of taxes, etc.)
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
war; fighting; fierce competition
sad; wretched; deplorable
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
highway; main road; the right road; internal medicine (in Chinese medical practice)
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
the ten abominations (the ten most grievous offenses under traditional Chinese law); the ten evil deeds
five cardinal sins (killing one's father, killing one's mother, killing an arhat, shedding the blood of a Buddha, causing a schism within the sangha); crime of killing one's master, father, grandfather, mother, or grandmother
repentance; confession; penitence
The Tale of the Heike; Heike Monogatari
flat; level; calm; tranquil; relaxed (sitting posture); comfortable
living flesh; flesh and blood; physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva
tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section
Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari
to be moved by affection; to be moved by kindness; to be touched
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
virtue; moral sense; conscience
to end one's life; to commit suicide; to end a life; to kill