phala (attained state, result); enlightenment (as the fruits of one's Buddhist practice); fruit; counter for pieces of fruit
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling
trial calculation; preliminary calculation; estimation
one thin flat object; one sheet
to cast; to mint; to coin
Japan's first coinage (dating to 683 CE, but perhaps never in circulation)
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
carved seal; engraved stamp; to engrave (a seal); to carve; to make an impression (with a seal)
government; administration
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
Kengen era (1302.11.21-1303.8.5)
twelve coinages minted in Japan during the Nara and Heian periods
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
historical materials; historical records; historical sources; archives
four characters; four letters
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
rebellion; uprising; insurrection; (arch.) treason
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
to inflict; to impose (a fine, etc.)
government office; government agency; authorities
type of marriage where the man merely visits his wife without living with her; duolocal marriage
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
from the viewpoint of; according to
manners and customs; folkways; usage
difficult to ...; hard to ...
family; members of a family
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
to call each other; to call out to one another
mysterious power of words to alter reality
to gesture to come closer; to beckon; to call; to summon
courting; wooing; making advances
(coming to an) agreement; consent; mutual understanding; accord; consensus