Nihon Shoki; Nihongi; Chronicles of Japan
mourning; (arch.) calamity; (arch.) misfortune
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
Tosa (former province located in present-day Kochi Prefecture)
earthenware; unglazed (bisque-fired) earthenware
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
type; pattern; model; epitome; exemplar; archetype
children's song; nursery rhyme
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
mother; motherboard; Mother (Superior); title of a senior nun
literature; books (reference); document
The Pillow Book (by Sei Shonagon)
medium-ranked councillor in the Department of State
daughter of a person of high rank (esp. eldest daughter)
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
supporting evidence; corroboration
how; in what way; by what means
serviceman on patrol; (arch.) policeman (early Meiji era)
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
loss (of something); disadvantage; mistake; error; flaw; defect
horse-headed and ox-headed demons in the Buddhist hell
low-ranking prison guard; hell's tormenting devils
mixing; mixture; meld; miscegenation
common saying; popular version; folklore; tradition