presence (of a nobleman, the emperor, etc.); outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); My Lord; My Lady
seat; bench; temporary job while looking for a better job or until one marries
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
rest; break; recess; intermission
quickly; swiftly; a long time ago
heeding; paying attention; bearing in mind
to be of use as a reference; to be helpful
high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine
attached; belonging (to); included; enclosed; affiliated; annexed
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
Minister of the Left (official in Nara and Heian periods)
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
land owned by a Shinto shrine; land owned by a company
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
service; ministry; attendance; offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free
to accept; to receive; to agree
powerful family; powerful clan
lower government office (ritsuryo system); servant of a higher ranking person (during the middle ages); retainer; servant of an urban family; serf
gods and Buddha; Shinto and Buddhism
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
unification; union; oneness
to accrete; to become whole; to come together
subordination; dependency
to have a relationship; to have relations
torch procession to drive away crop-eating insects
Hinamatsuri (March 3); Girls' Festival; Dolls' Festival
Poaceae (family of flowering plants); Gramineae
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
progress; advance; improvement; development
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around