reception hall (in a temple or palace)
Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari
the other day; some time ago; recently
retired emperor; ex-emperor; former emperor; emperor emeritus
taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
scale; scope; plan; structure
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
resembling ...; having the traits or characteristics of ...; -looking; with a ...-like expression; with an air of ...
I feel that ...; I feel as though ...; I have a feeling that ...; I have the impression that ...; I think that ...
evening cool; cool evening air
firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm
to comfort; to console; to amuse
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
(one's) seating posture; way one sits
to repair; to mend; to change; to alter; to put back; to put away; to cure
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
bhikkhuni (fully ordained nun); Indonesia
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
long (time that has passed); old (story)
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
draft; rough copy; highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
what; what kind of; no ...; any; adds emphasis to the preceding word; no
Buddhist nun; Catholic nun; sister; bitch; Amagasaki (city in Hyogo Prefecture); Amazon (online retailer)
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
one's home; hometown; native place; birthplace
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
end; finish; bound; limit; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
since when; from when; how long
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
counter for generations; epoch
blizzard of falling cherry blossoms; flurry of falling cherry blossoms
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
to recall; to remember; to recollect
old wound; scar; unpleasant past experience; painful memory; past misdeed