The Classic of Poetry; The Book of Songs; The Book of Odes; Shijing; Shih Ching
Tenpyō-shōhō era (749.7.2-757.8.18)
assistant vice-minister (ritsuryo system, early Meiji period)
entrusting (something to a person); consignment (of goods); putting in someone's charge; trust; commission
prosperity and decay; prosperity and decline; rise and fall; ups and downs; ebb and flow; waxing and waning
growth; development; stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up); (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.); elongation; extension
colonization; colonisation
to give rein to (imagination); to lend wings to (fancy); to rage with all one's force; to be rampant
each and all; every single one; everybody
foreigner; alien; stranger
to dismantle; to demount; to take something away; to detach
distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to
entry heading; access point
Ōwa era (961.2.16-964.7.10)
beautiful passage of literature
woven mat (esp. one made of straw); (arch.) seat
to decide; to determine; to judge
to make up a shortfall; to cover a shortage; to compensate for a shortage; to fill a gap
exchange; reciprocation; give-and-take; reply; riposte
type of imperial banquet held during the Heian period and later; (arch.) being dead drunk; (arch.) being very drunk
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
paying attention to; catching one's eye
metaphorical poem (of the Man'yōshū)
to suffice; to serve the purpose; to be satisfied
dictation; verbal statement
determination; conviction
to recite; to chant; to read aloud
(Chinese) poetry and rhymed prose
completely; absolutely; totally
hail (esp. hailballs under 5 mm); graupel; dicing; small cubes; roasted mochi pieces (usu. flavoured with soy sauce, etc.)
abstract or impracticable theory
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
original song; original melody