notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.
prince of royal blood; Imperial prince
business practice; business method; commerce; commercial law
presence (of a nobleman, the emperor, etc.); outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); My Lord; My Lady
I, as a mere priest; this humble servant of Buddha
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
student (esp. a university student)
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
being initiated (e.g. into the arts); receiving instruction
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
audience with the Emperor; imperial audience
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
(arch.) exposure; (arch.) clarity; exoteric Buddhism; public Buddhist teachings
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
summoning; calling; riding; (high-quality) silk crepe (fabric)
to let (someone) play; to keep (someone) amused; to leave idle; to not make use of; to do; to do
how; in what way; how about; questionable
used to indicate respect for the listener (or reader)
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
already; now; no longer; not any more
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
just a minute; small quantity
discussion; discourse; lecture; sermon
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
Goshirakawahouou (1127.10.18-1192.4.26) (ex-emperor, later monk)
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
friend who guides one to Buddhism through teaching