woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
Kenreimon'in (court name of Taira no Tokuko)
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
the Empress, the Empress Dowager and the Grand Empress Dowager; emperor's second consort; empress; palace of the empress; building of a Shinto shrine built on middle ground; demesne of the imperial palace
Emperor Antoku; Antoku Tenno (1178-1185 CE, reigning: 1180-1185 CE)
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
Ms; Miss; Madame; highbrow (woman); cerebral
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
Juei era (1182.5.27-1184.4.16)
to offer something to a deity or somebody's spirit; to pay a tribute to a person who is about to depart
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency
bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun); Indonesia
with an extreme cold (i.e. temperature); lonelily; lonesomely; (acting) coldly (toward someone)
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
imperial visit; imperial outing
halo; aureole; aureola; halo (optical phenomenon); glory
weak matcha; light brown (color, colour)
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
both hands; both arms; ten
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture)
senior female worker who supervises junior employees in a domineering fashion
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
personal affair; one's own affair
about; concerning; related to; -ish
enshrinement hall (of a buddha); temple; cathedral (esp. Catholic)
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
cultural assets; cultural property
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
national expenditure; government spending; public funds
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
eighth day of the month; eight days