stuffing; packing; end (esp. the foot of a bridge); lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony; tea master; endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively); sweet eel sauce
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
consistently; unchangingly; throughout
departure; leaving; starting; standing
funeral service of a Japanese emperor; (arch.) Imperial mourning
one person; ordinary; common
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
cushion; pillow; mattress
cushion; pillow; mattress
duvet; bed cover; coverlet; quilt; comforter; eiderdown
during; for the duration of
bed; berth; crib; cot; kip; bedroom
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
His Majesty the Emperor; the present emperor; the reigning emperor
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to take over; to follow
flawless; absolute perfection
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki
freebie (e.g. with a purchase); something additional; price reduction; discount; exaggeration
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
to drain; to flow (unobstructed); to sell well; to be in good demand; to exit the stage; to remove (a prop) from the stage
one's opinion on life and death; life-and-death issue (e.g. in religion)
dimness; obscurity; indistinctness; unclear; unintelligible
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
temporary imperial mortuary
utterly (unknown; esp. of someone's whereabouts); completely; (no information) whatsoever; at all
great enterprise; great task
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
great treasure; Taihō era (701.3.21-704.5.10); Daihō era; great treasure (used to refer to bodhisattvas, esoteric teachings, etc.); homa-mandala (fire altar)
prescribed form (of writing); format
to act as an opposite; to form a counterpart; to act as a twin
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
to spread; to be propagated
racketeer; thug; rogue; bully; fixer
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
fine (for a minor offence)
to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of
directly (from someone's mouth); in one's own words
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation