to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
zori; traditional Japanese thonged sandals
in terms of; from the point of view of
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
coating (esp. lacquering)
girl's lacquered wooden geta; wooden footwear; clogs; sabots
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
Shinto shrine precincts; holy precincts; sanctuary
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
conceptual; ideational; notional; theoretical; academic
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
equanimity; upeksa; upekkha
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
pilgrimage (esp. to the Ise Grand Shrine)
Grand Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Consort
stopping at; going no further than
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
Owari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
large staple driven into two pieces of wood to hold them together; clamp; cramp (metal); tie (metaphorical, e.g. something that binds two people together)
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)
Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully
Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)
triple; treble; threefold; three-ply; triplicate
Daiji era (1126.1.22-1131.1.29)
solely; entirely; only; or
carrying out one's duties; ruling a fief; ruling a territory given by one's liege; territory given by one's liege; fief