shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
engaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
wealthy and powerful family
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
to join together; to patch together
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
Lagenaria siceraria var. gourda (variety of bottle gourd); gourd (container) made from its fruit
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
compilation (esp. dictionary, history, law code); editing
intelligence; intellect; brains
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
to be titled (e.g. a book); to be named
(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority
unknown (e.g. in an equation); element (of a set); yuan (monetary unit of China); New Taiwan dollar; Yuan dynasty (China, 1271-1368); Yüan dynasty
model; pattern; paragon; exemplar
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
this land; our country; Imperial Court
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
affixing a seal (to); putting one's seal (on)
Manji era (1658.7.23-1661.4.25)
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters; Japan's oldest historical record
Nihon Shoki; Nihongi; Chronicles of Japan
Konjaku Monogatarishū (abbr) (31-volume collection of stories written during the late Heian period); The Tale of Konjaku
ancient and modern times; all ages; past and present
something well-known throughout the world
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
Genji and Heike clans; two opposing sides
rise and fall; ups and downs; welfare; vicissitudes
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir
equality; uniformity; evenness
(arch.) switch (long, tender shoot of a plant); switch (cane used for flogging)