bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
Hokke (northern branch of the Fujiwara clan, Heian period)
running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood
deep knowledge; attainments; scholarship
friend; companion; acquaintance; friendship; companionship
mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
to draft; to write a rough copy
learned priest pursuing his studies
Wu (Chinese emperor); Butei
criminal, administrative and civil codes (forming the basis of ancient East Asian law; orig. Chinese); legal codes of the Nara and Heian eras based on Chinese models
unprecedented; record-breaking
versification; verse making
sign; indication; omen; symptom
uncertainty; indeterminacy; unreliability; unauthenticity
state; condition; situation; terms
shades of evening; dead of night
to wipe out; to put an end to
bad smell; affectation; fulsomeness
self-satisfaction; self-complacency; understanding (on one's own); realizing (through one's own ability); being paid back for one's deeds
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
building of a Shinto shrine complex built upon the highest ground
traces of a predecessor's deeds; precedent
administration; government; administrator; governor
honorary title; title of honour; title of honor
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
authoritative instruction; teaching
ignoring; losing sight of (an objective); discarding
ladies' pavilion (of the inner Heian Palace)
women's pavilion (of the inner Heian palace)