desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
ignoring (somebody); ostracizing; leaving (someone) out
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
have to do; must; should; ought to
to settle (a problem); to put an end to (a dispute); to be disposed of; to be settled; to come to an end
dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest
Shima (former province located at the eastern tip of present-day Mie Prefecture)
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)
groundless rumor (rumour)
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
certainly; for sure; distinctly; clearly; firmly; tightly
to think (only used to speak of others); to turn one's attention toward (only used to speak of others); to have feelings for (only used to speak of others); to honour the target of one's emotions
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
grave; solemn; serious; harsh (e.g. truth); hard; strict
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
absentmindedness; peace of mind
inner citadel; core; center; centre
folding book; counter for units of paper and nori (48 pages of Mino paper; 20 pages of hanshi; 10 sheets of nori); counter for folding books, folding screens, shields, etc.; counter for pairs (of curtains); counter for tatami mats
to face on; to look out on to
(pair of) wooden doors in the interior of a home; door to a pavilion in a Heian period palace
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
loophole; crenel; crenelle; arrow-slit
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
mud wall; earthen wall; plaster wall
early autumn (fall); seventh month of the lunar calendar
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
temple tower housing a drum for marking the passing of time
stubbornly sticking to old ways; dislike of new things; narrow-mindedness
neighbour to the right (person, building, etc.)
identifying a severed head; checking a person's identity
left side; left-hand side
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles