Japanese spirea (Spiraea Japonica); meadowsweet; Shimotsuke (former province located in present-day Tochigi Prefecture)
Bhaisajyaguru; Pindola; The Healing Buddha
same; similar; (just) like; equal
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
set of three books of Buddhist stories, written in the late 8th and early 9th century, usually referred to as the Nihon Ryōiki
historical event; ancient event; tradition; folklore; legend
talk; story; conversation
senryū; comic haiku; humorous seventeen-mora poem
humorous; funny; amusing; laughable; hilarious; comical
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
certain; definite; clear; credible
posterity; future generations
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
(establish) friendly (cordial) relations (with, between); (form) friendship (e.g. with a nation)
(the products of) culture or civilization (civilisation)
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
(period of) a year; during an era
extinction; discontinuation; severance; rupture; to become extinct; to cease to exist
urgent business; pressing need; imperative
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
reopening; resumption; restarting
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
reigning; controlling; dictating
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
bestowing peerage by imperial edict (in ancient China); document bestowing peerage
official recognition; authorization; authorisation; licence; license; accreditation
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
Chinese book; Chinese classics
art works, traditional artifacts and antiques; artistic handicrafts; decorative art
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
flavoring; flavouring; fragrance; perfume; condolence gift
mandarin (esp. the satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)); mandarin orange; tangerine; citrus (Citrus spp.)
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
public storehouse used to store grain or valuables collected for taxation (ritsuryo system)