year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully
thanksgiving rice dish after childbirth
New Year's holiday; period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year
in case of; at that time; at this time
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
living person; the living
ceremony honouring the spirits of ancestors (esp. the Bon festival)
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
previous generation; former ages
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
origin of a word; derivation of a word; etymology
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
to present; to offer; to dedicate
although; but; even though; I wish that
ancient ways; the feelings of the ancients
load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
zun (ancient Chinese wine vessel, usu. made of bronze); (arch.) honorific prefix referring to the listener; counter for buddhas
imperial tomb; imperial mausoleum
unconquered savage; uncivilized aboriginal; aboriginal Taiwanese tribes outside Qing China's jurisdiction
powerful spirit; power of the emperor
emperor; ruler (with a heavenly mandate); heavenly being; celestial being
to blindstitch the inside of a fold with (equally spaced) threadings (i.e. pulling shoe lacing tight)
the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)
filial duties; devotion to one's parents
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
superior; superiors; senior
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
thereupon; shortly thereafter