warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
river; stream; River; the ... river
cloistered emperor; ex-emperor who has become a monk
race game (board game where the object is to reach the goal first); trad. Japanese board games played with dice, esp. ban-sugoroku
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
(arch.) dancing girl (end of the Heian period); prostitute; tempo in gagaku
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
prayer; grace (at meals); exorcism
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
retainer; vassal; servant
temporary manifestation of a Buddha (or bodhisattva, etc.) in the form of a Shinto kami
used to indicate respect for the listener (or reader)
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to be perturbed; to be agitated
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)
information; news; report; reward; retribution
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
ripple; ring on the water; repercussions; Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)