Daiji era (1126.1.22-1131.1.29)
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
addition; increase; Canada
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
badness; evilness; bad; evil
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
stagnation; hindrance; delay
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
just a minute; small quantity
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
at least; at most; (even) just
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
such; like that; that sort of; very
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
official notice; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to live; to get along; to spend (time)