dismissing a government official
official post; regular post; principal post (as opposed to secondary post); I (of someone in government or the civil service)
dispersal; scattering; discrete
public official stationed outside the capital (under the ritsuryo system)
busy; having no (free) time
placid; composed; big hearted; broad-minded; great quantity (of something)
be (that) as it may; having said that
all eyes; public attention
utensil; appliance; furniture
collection of books; (personal) library
national treasury; warehouse owned by the government
court; Imperial Palace or household
to repeat a mistake (of somebody); to make the same mistake as that of ...; (lit.) to follow the rut (left by someone else)
old capital; former capital
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
time; age; chance; moment; occasion
anyone can see that; it's obvious that
refinement; elegance; grace
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage
Japanese music (esp. traditional Japanese music)
two parts; both parts; both realms (i.e. the Diamond Realm and the Womb Realm); Shinto-Buddhist amalgamation
Heian era court lady's song (accompanying men's oouta); court lady singing a kouta; ditty; ballad; kyogen kouta; style of kyogen song based on the Muromachi songs, often love ballad
(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head
very small amount; insignificant thing; negligible amount
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
to get accustomed to using
Asuka period (550-710 CE)
grief; sorrow; anguish; lamentation
Japanese poem; waka; tanka
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)