Iyo (former province located in present-day Ehime Prefecture)
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
eloquence; fluency (of speech)
tenets (of a religious sect); doctrines; (religious) sect; denomination; one's principles; one's tastes
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work
Sanjusangen-dō (temple in Kyōto)
great difference; big difference; wide margin
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
gold leaf; gold foil; beaten gold
orderliness; put in order; tidying up; arranging neatly
daimyo oak (Quercus dentata); Japanese emperor oak
mandarin (esp. the satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)); mandarin orange; tangerine; citrus (Citrus spp.)
lily (Lilium spp.); yuri; genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality
China pink (species of flower, Dianthus chinensis)
wild chrysanthemum; aster
great virtue; virtuous priest; priest; rich person
16th-century Jesuit-founded Japanese college
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
eastern mountains; mountains to the east; Tōsandō (area between the Tōkaidō and Hokurikudō); Higashiyama (Kyoto district)
Gion (entertainment district in Kyoto); Jetavana Monastery (India) (abbr); Jetavana-vihara; Yasaka Shrine (Kyoto) (abbr); Gion Festival (abbr); Gion
favour; favor; obligation; kindness; benevolence
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
looks; features; (personal) appearance
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
admiration; praise; laudation
manners and customs; customs and habits
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
remote place; backcountry; the sticks; hinterland
the principle of the thing
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
the two sects of Buddhism introduced to Japan during the Heian period (Tiantai and Shingon) and the six sects introduced during the Nara period
to stand in (someone's) place; to be in a (certain) position
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
Amor; Eros; Venus; god of love
to commit a crime; to commit a sin
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
essence; true nature; substance; reality
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique