Emperor Go-Mizu-no-O; Go-Mizu-no-O Tenno (1596-1680 CE, reigning: 1611-1629 CE)
honorific affix; honorific prefix
to call; to invite; to eat; to drink; to put on; to wear; to ride
voluptuous; fascinating; beautiful
to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer
one day; (on) a certain day
back country; remote countryside
to be overtaken by darkness
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant
dangling; aimlessly; casually; unexpectedly
Mutsu (former province located in present-day Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, and Aomori prefectures)
return; reaction; recovery; return (from a procedure)
how many years; how long; what year
in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
to sit down; to take a seat
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)
particularly; only; in the case of
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
very; extremely; like the devil; as a demon
one house; the same house; detached house
if you think about it; come to think of it
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
(not) ever; (not) at all; (not) on any account; deepest bottom of the earth
until now; so far; up to the present
recovery; undoing; recall
shramana (wandering monk)
to make up one's mind; to be determined
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)