both hands; both arms; ten
bowing while standing; standing bow
government service; the bureaucracy
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
stipulation; prescription; provision; regulation; rule
(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence
light caning (10-50 times)
severe caning (60-100 times)
imprisonment (for one to three years)
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
party; set; gang; company; person
penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)
banishment (to a nearby province); the least severe of the three banishment punishments under the ritsuryo system
mid-stream; middle course; middle class
banishment (to a location far from the capital); the harshest of the three banishment punishments under the ritsuryo system
death by hanging; execution by hanging
penalty; sentence; punishment
murder; homicide; manslaughter
robber; mugger; robbery; burglary
applying (e.g. a technology); adoption
Konjaku Monogatarishū (31-volume collection of stories written during the late Heian period); The Tale of Kanjaku
A Collection of Tales from Uji
omen (usu. good); (auspicious) sign; first two anniversaries of a person's death
collection of stories (esp. myths, legends, etc.)
India; cotton sheeting; foreign; imported; ultra-spicy; extra hot
this land; our country; Imperial Court
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
interruption; suspension; break
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
three parts; three copies
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff