reign of an emperor of Japan
practice; practising; training; study
omission (of middle part of a text); ellipsis
entering the priesthood; priest; man with a shaven head; bald-headed monster
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
through; by way of; after; via
blunder; slip; error; error
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking
living Buddha; saintly Buddhist monk; living person
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
important intangible folk culture asset
intangible cultural heritage
chasing out ogres; exterminating ogres
triumphant return; returning in triumph
to pattern after; to liken to; to imitate
Kansei era (1789.1.25-1801.2.5)
Norwegian Wood (1987 novel by Haruki Murakami)
(having) same family and personal name
commemorative plaque (usu. on a stone); stone monument (bearing an inscription)
plain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (sometimes striped)
tangible cultural properties
Formulary of Adjudications (51-article Joei legal code)
Jōkyū era (1219.4.12-1222.4.13); Shōkyū era
postwar period; period after Second World War
Houjou Yoshitoki (1163-1224)
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle