village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
wicker trunk; wicker luggage
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
attribute; property; context; character class, type, fetish, etc.
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.); to dry the bottom of a ship (to prevent insect damage)
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
ancient Shinto music and dancing
grave; solemn; stern; authoritative; hard (e.g. fact)
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
Songs to Make the Dust Dance (by Goshirakawahouou (1127.10.18-1192.4.26)); The Dance of the Dust on the Rafters
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job)
recitation (of a poem); chanting; composition (of a poem); composed poem; classical Chinese poetry form; stress of sound in noh song
emotional chanting or recitation
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
to pass (of time); to elapse
Heian era court lady's song (accompanying men's oouta); court lady singing a kouta; ditty; ballad; kyogen kouta; style of kyogen song based on the Muromachi songs, often love ballad
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
Buddhist memorial service
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
at first; in the beginning; originally
quotation; citation; reference
to translate; to interpret
footprint of the Buddha carved in stone
monument (stele, gravestone, etc.) engraved with a waka
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
praise; extolment; extollment
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi)
will; volition; intention; intent; determination