brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to pass (of time); to elapse
to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be purified; to be chaste
to recite; to chant; to read aloud
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
set phrase; idiomatic expression
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
feeling of emptiness; sense of void
to obey; to submit to; to serve (in the army, a prison sentence, etc.); to go into (mourning); to observe; to take (medicine, poison, etc.)
to distribute; to apportion; to divide
hibernation; staying indoors during winter
stillness; repose; standing still
bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects
sedge hat and straw rain cape
Susanoo (deity, younger brother to Amaterasu); Susanoo-no-Mikoto
atonement; redemption; compensation
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to pretend (e.g. to be a good father)
to understand; to appreciate; to interpret
abstruseness; abstruse word
Nihon Shoki; Nihongi; Chronicles of Japan
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
official history; authorized history
Kōnin era (810.9.19-824.1.5)
private records or documents
going out (before burning completely); dying out; fizzling out (e.g. of a plan); falling through; coming to nothing
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
Former Han dynasty (China, 206 BCE-9 CE); Western Han dynasty
Later Han dynasty (China, 25-220 CE); Eastern Han dynasty; Later Han dynasty (China, 947-950 CE)
model; pattern; paragon; exemplar
characteristic; feature; special quality
book or scroll that has been handed down through generations; book of secrets; delivering a letter