blank space; margin; blank canvas
department (faculty) of literature
Shibuya, a special ward in Tokyo
moving; relocation; change of address; transfer (of deeds, property, etc.); demise
teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher
death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
Great Kanto earthquake of 1923
information; news; report; reward; retribution
vigilance committee; vigilante corps
to surround; to crowd around
meeting (esp. of a mutual financing association)
bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased
revival; restoration; resuscitation
dissemination; scattering; sprinkling; spraying
neighbouring house; neighboring house
catching fire (from next door); spreading fire
preparatory course for college
collection of waka poems; anthology; songbook
attendance (at a meeting)
Aichi prefecture (Chūbu area)
creation; Creation (by God)
fine view; beautiful sight
nirvana; death of the Buddha
Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
feng (male Chinese firebird)
local amateur theatrical performance (esp. popular in late Edo and early Meiji)
leading (movement, revolution, etc.); guiding; instructing in Buddhism; converting (someone) to Buddhism; advocacy
Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
big gamble; big plunge; big mountain
Noto Peninsula (Ishikawa Prefecture)
Tosa (former province located in present-day Kochi Prefecture)
Oki (former province located on Oki Island in present-day Shimane Prefecture); Oki (island)
Kokin Wakashū (Heian period collection of poetry)