episode; side story; story within a story; aside; anecdote
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
collection of short Heian period tales in the form of poems
hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
the ancient imperial princesses serving at the Ise shrine
service; ministry; attendance; offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free
relationships with the opposite sex
if it is the case that ...
to be subject to punishment; to be punished
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
Emperor Heizei; Heizei Tenno (774-824 CE, reigning: 806-809 CE)
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
countryman; provincial; person from the country; provincial person; bumpkin; hick
while alive; during one's lifetime
aforementioned; above-mentioned
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
fiction; fabrication; concoction; fictitious; fictional; imaginary
refinement; elegance; grace
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
to put something on top of another thing; to superimpose
the ninth; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
travelling east (esp. to Edo) from Kyoto
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
one's home; hometown; native place; birthplace
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
extremely talented; very gifted
degenerate; decadent; corrupt
to charm; to attract; to fascinate; to entice
Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
yatsuhashi; cinnamon-seasoned rice flour cracknel (local delicacy in Kyoto); zigzag bridge
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
five characters; five letters; five-syllable verse of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.; first five syllables of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.
Aichi prefecture (Chūbu area)
rabbitear iris (Iris laevigata)
Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus); (arch.) black-headed gull (Larus ridibundus); Cinnalepeta pulchella (species of spiral-shelled gastropod)
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory