in detail; with great care; completely; fully
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
modern style; contemporary style; current fashion; verse form from the Heian and Kamakura periods consisting of 4 lines each divided into two parts of 7 and 5 syllables
court; Imperial Palace or household
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to tilt (esp. head); to lean; to incline; to slant
warp (weaving); longitude; scripture; sutra; trans-
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
since long ago; already; for quite a while; for some time now
load on one's chest; obstacle; hindrance; impediment
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
participation in government; state councillor (in the ritsuryo system); state councilor; vice-minister (early Meiji period); Cabinet Councillor (1937-1943); Cabinet Councilor
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
to be needed; to be wanted
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
Wuhuan (proto-Mongolic nomadic people)
great; grand; (arch.) obstinate; (arch.) stubborn
emperor; ruler (with a heavenly mandate); heavenly being; celestial being
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling
rope; cord; policeman's rope
edict; public announcement
Kitabatake Chikafusa (1293-1354)
three secondary Tokugawa branch families (Tayasu, Shimizu, and Hitotsubashi)
appointment; assignment; promotion
tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
to collect information; to gather knowledge
Confucianism and Buddhism
study of natural laws; branch of neo-Confusianist scholarship
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate