to sentence; to assign a penalty
special Nara-period administrative division for areas containing a detached palace (Yoshino and Izumi); secretary; third highest-ranking officials in the Dazaifu
hum; meditation; painstaking elaboration on one's poem; groaning in distress
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
to go against; to act contrary to; to run counter to; to deviate from
prison window; (behind) prison bars
loyalty; devotion; fidelity; inspector of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (ritsuryo system)
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
now that; since; as long as; provided that
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
explanation; interpretation
disloyal retainer; treacherous subject
false charge; slander; defamation
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
hand net; dip net; scoop net
parting; separation; farewell
food and (alcoholic) drinks; food eaten with an alcoholic drink; accompaniment to a drink
to pour (sake); to serve; to drink together
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
now (with the nuance of 'the last moment'); this late in the game
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
tedious talk; repetition; complaint; tongue-twister
mysterious; bewitching; alluring; enticing; enchanting
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
serious; severe; grave; acute
difficult to ...; hard to ...
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
to accrete; to become whole; to come together
to become better; to improve
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response