thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
change; changing; vicissitudes; fading; waning
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
gradations (on a ruler, thermometer, etc.); division; scale
imported (transmitted) from China
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
in various ways; in all sorts of ways; at every opportunity; whenever there is a chance
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
first day of summer (approx. May 6)
autumnal equinox; autumn equinox; fall equinox
the two solstices (summer and winter)
(time of) extreme cold; "major cold" solar term (approx. January 20, roughly the coldest time of the year)
blistering heat; "major heat" solar term (approx. July 23)
cool; refreshing; clear (e.g. eyes); bright; clear; distinct
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
on the occasion of; at the time of
Autumnal Equinox Day (national holiday; September 22, 23 or 24)
placement; fixed position; mapping out; location
Utsubo Monogatari (Heian period narrative); The Tale of the Hollow Tree
three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)
day of month; counter for days
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
large square winter shawl
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
Fujiwara No Yorinaga (1120-1156.8.1)
religious abstinence; purification
100,000; hundred thousand
Diamond Wisdom Sutra; Diamond Sutra
Kasuga Grand Shrine (in Nara)
Grand Council of State (1868-1885 CE); Department of State (under the ritsuryo system)
the Five Home Provinces (Yamato, Yamashiro, Settsu, Kawachi, and Izumi)
the seven districts of ancient Japan
state-supported provincial temple (Nara period)
vajra (indestructible substance); diamond; adamantine; thunderbolt; Indra's weapon; Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth
prajna-paramita (perfection of wisdom)
sutra; Buddhist scriptures
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement