posterity; future life; life to come
fourth day of the month; four days
archery; mapping; map; morphism
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
door; gate; opening; title page
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
teachings conveyed by the gods
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
... years since construction; ... years old (of a building); built in ...
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer
addition; annexation; appendage
betrothal; wedding; marriage into a family; adoption
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
Sugawara no Michizane (845-903)
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service
hakama; man's formal divided skirt
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
to become related (through marriage, adoption, etc.); to form a connection (with Buddha)
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
Tenmangu shrine (shrine dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane's spirit)
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...