system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
raised floor storehouse; granary built on stilts
woodworking; woodworker; carpenter
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
literary and military arts; the pen and the sword
dynasty; reign; period; epoch; court; North Korea
to serve; to work for; to attend
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
notes; comment; remark; annotation
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
to grieve over; to mourn; to lament
smell (esp. a good smell); fragrance; scent; aroma; perfume
to arrive; to come to pass
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
in this manner; in this way; like this
skillful tanka poet; official in charge of court poetry and music (ritsuryo period); poet
tanka; 31-mora Japanese poem
publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
to have an air of sublimity; to appear majestic
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
Kawachi (former province located in the east of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
ascent; climbing; ascending (path); upbound (esp. toward Tokyo)
departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
extract; excerpt; selection
used item; secondhand item; old; used; previous