inverted copper or iron bell shaped like a bowl (sounded when reciting sutras)
Fujiwara No Yorinaga (1120-1156.8.1)
Emperor Sutoku; Sutoku Tenno (1119-1164 CE, reigning: 1123-1141 CE)
Kyūan era (1145.7.22-1151.1.26)
Gion-sha (former name for Yasaka-Jinja)
temple hall containing an enshrined image of Amitabha
line of regents and advisers (advisors)
long time (since the last time); first in a long time
to play (a stringed instrument)
warrior monks from Enryaku temple at Mt. Hiei in Kyoto
(plump and) happy-looking
imperial princess; royal princess
late blooming (flower, talent); late flowering
nonviolence; non-harming; ahimsa
to be appointed to a rank
mistress; kept woman; concubine; (arch.) close female servant
Enryaku era (782.8.19-806.5.18)
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
Hikaru Genji; The Shining Genji
verge of death; dying moments
participation in government; state councillor (in the ritsuryo system); state councilor; vice-minister (early Meiji period); Cabinet Councillor (1937-1943); Cabinet Councilor
loyalty; loyal (faithful) service
Amitabha's Pure Land; Sukhavati
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to have all the fun; to get the better part of the deal; to get the easy life
Heike family; Taira family
to supplant; to supersede; to replace; to take the place of
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
(arch.) to match; (arch.) to equal; to catch up with; to overtake
what is called; what they call; so-called
cloistered emperor; ex-emperor who has become a monk
daffodil (esp. Narcissus tazetta var. chinensis); narcissus
each and every one of them; every last one of them; all a bunch of
temporarily; short period; once; one morning