imperial palace; shrine; Grand Empress Dowager; Empress Dowager; woman of imperial lineage who has borne a child; elderly woman of imperial lineage
large quantity; large amount
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
rural beauty; rusticity; rustic beauty
literally; to the letter; literal
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
address to the gods; type of song which spread from mountain hermits to the laity during the Kamakura era
temple; sacred place; shrine; sanctuary; tabernacle
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
and (also); both ... and; as well as
follower; attendant; valet; servant
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
first "horse day" in any lunar month, but esp. the second lunar month; traditional day for worship at "fox deity" shrines
February; second month of the lunar calendar
Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
calamity; misfortune; disaster
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
with this I (formal); by this I (formal)
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
long-vowel mark; macron; long note
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
homophony; same pronunciation; unison; same pitch; (in) one voice; (speaking in) unison
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
giant butterbur (Petasites japonicus); Japanese sweet coltsfoot
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be