entertaining with food and drink; treating to dinner; wining and dining; immediately agreeing with someone else; pandering
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
man of letters; literary man
to happen to be born (at a certain time)
most of all; extremely; supremely
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
(expression of) gratitude
Tang period (China; 618-907); Tang era
Genroku era (1688.9.30-1704.3.13)
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; (arch.) that's right
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
to sound together; to vibrate mutually; to reverberate
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking
propagation; spreading out; extending
healthy; sound; wholesome
descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
incoherent; wandering; vague; rambling; whimsical
(contemporary) customs and behavior; the picture of people's life in the contemporary world
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
use; utility; effect; benefit
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
related to; in relation to
fastidiousness; love of cleanliness