lonely; dreary; desolate; few; scarce; sparse
prime of life; era of national prosperity
fortress; castle; citadel; enclosure; castle walls
on the road; on the street; in the street; on the way
seeming to be for a certain reason; seeming to indicate there are special circumstances; seeming to indicate there is more than meets the eye
Buddhist priest; monk; boy
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
to let spoil; to leave to rot; to cause to rot; to discourage; to dishearten
to (keep in) mind; to give heed to; to pay attention to
personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR
apt to do; liable to do; tend to do; prone to do
ingrained habit; second nature
troublesome; annoying; complicated
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
middle of the night; dead of night
stealthily; secretly; in secret
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to repent; to regret; to be sorry; to rue
fortune; good deed; curious
impiety; unbelief; infidelity
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
later on; eventually; afterwards
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
miraculous; wonder-working; magical
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
order of seats; seating precedence; class standing
small Buddhist image inside another Buddhist image
interior of the womb (of a pregnant woman); interior of the uterus; interior of a Buddhistic statue
Prajnaparamita Sutra; Perfection of Wisdom Sutra
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
dedication; offering; presentation; oblation
the good and the beautiful
to live; to reside; to inhabit
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
Hōki era (770.10.1-781.1.1)
Kōnin era (810.9.19-824.1.5)