as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
please; somehow or other; one way or another
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); outriding; harbinger; herald; anticipation
to arrange (flowers); to plant
botanical; vegetable; vegetal; vegetative
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
misconstruction; distortion; misinterpretation; misunderstanding; perversion; contortion
deity enshrined at Hie Shrine (in Shiga and Tokyo)
one's nature or personality; inherent; innate
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
to explain adequately; to be accountable
landowner; landlord; landlady
to take a view or perspective; to regard as; to consider to be
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
ascetic; pilgrim; devotee
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
ramble; saunter; walk; wander; stroll
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
to pull down; to lower; to reduce; to withdraw
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
Buddhist; Buddhist priest
consenting to; being convinced of; being satisfied; understanding
euphonic change of pronunciation; elision
kan-on; Han reading; on reading of a kanji based on Tang dynasty Chinese
Shōtoku Taishi (574CE-627CE); Prince Shōtoku
Japanese reading of a kanji (sometimes esp. in ref. to readings that do not correspond to the orig. Chinese meaning of the kanji)
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop
Enryaku era (782.8.19-806.5.18)