Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine; temple attached to a shrine
founding a temple (on a hill-top)
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
high priest; highly-ranked priest; virtuous priest; priest of great sanctity and learning
Buddhist teachings; Buddhism
physical labor; physical labour; physical work; forced labor imposed by the government (e.g. under the ritsuryo system)
to appoint; to nominate; to assume (responsibility); to pose as
to be busy at work; to work diligently
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
to come apart; to unravel; to come loose; to become disarrayed (e.g. hair)
working feverishly; strenuous efforts; furious dedication (to a task); (arch.) having dishevelled hair; (arch.) fighting with dishevelled hair
children's hairstyle of short untied hair; child with short untied hair; young girl working as a servant for a high-class prostitute (Edo period); (arch.) baldness; (arch.) bald head
becoming a monk; entering priesthood
nearby mountain; mountain near a human settlement
savage; barbarian; aboriginal
inner palace (in Edo Castle); palace's ladies chambers; shogun's harem
tasting (food or drink) for poison; checking the taste (of a dish); seeing how something tastes
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)
to become (a state, condition, etc.)
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
literal meaning (of a word, etc.)
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
close connection; deep involvement; close relationship
fortunately; luckily; thankfully
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
unavoidable; inevitable; beyond one's control
to demean; to despise; to treat with contempt; to abase
lower-ranking vassal in the Kamakura and Edo periods
good citizens; law-abiding people
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
to detest; to abhor; to loathe
roaming; drifting about; wandering
destination; place one stays during a trip
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); to spare (time, money, etc.)