Ootomo no Yakamochi (718?-785)
Tenpyō-hōji era (757.8.18-765.1.7)
to trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.); to hang (of mist, haze, etc.); to lie (over); to linger; to flow (e.g. of hair in the wind)
rule; reign; government; governing
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
introduction; bringing in; leading in; installation
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
publication; issue (of journal, newspaper, etc.); issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising an event (software)
circulation; dissemination
imperial palace; shrine; Grand Empress Dowager; Empress Dowager; woman of imperial lineage who has borne a child; elderly woman of imperial lineage
red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
traditional Japanese calendar with pictures; traditional Japanese calendar expressed with pictures for use by illiterates
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
abbreviated koyomi (Japanese traditional calendar); koyomi presented in a smaller, easy to use, format
large number (of); many; majority
Buddha's death; very unlucky day (according to old almanacs)
Japanese calendar's six labels, indicating how auspicious each day is
good or bad luck; fortune
twenty-eight mansions of Chinese astronomy (constellations dividing the ecliptic into 28 positions)
twelve words used to mark the old calendar as indicators of lucky and unlucky activities
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
acquaintance; friend; (arch.) lover
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating
ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration
The Book of Rites; Liji; Li Chi
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
sense of language; feeling of a word; impression a word makes; nuance
mode of life; ecology; (animal) territory
similar question; (classification by) similarity of theme
first 17-syllable verse of a renga; haiku; first five-syllable line of a tanka
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
losing weight; slimming; lean person
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)