3000; three thousand; many
Xia dynasty (China, perhaps c. 2070-1600 BCE, perhaps mythological); Hsia dynasty
divination; fortune-telling; mantic
Japan's old (lunisolar) calendar
bearing; heading; point of the compass
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
in short; in a nutshell; in a word; to cut a long story short
division; section; demarcation; (traffic) lane; compartment; classification
from the beginning; from scratch
arrangement; disposition; array (programming)
counterclockwise rotation; anti-clockwise rotation; CCW
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
to become inverted; to become reversed
nine traditional astrological signs in Onmyōdō, each corresponding to the year of a person's birth and used to create a horoscope
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
custom; habit; customary practice
right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
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)
shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.
circulation; rotation; cycle; loop
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to affect; to impact; to influence
good and bad fortune, and weal and woe
the Empress, the Empress Dowager and the Grand Empress Dowager; emperor's second consort; empress; palace of the empress; building of a Shinto shrine built on middle ground; demesne of the imperial palace
(arch.) pit; (arch.) hole; kan (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: water, north)
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
dui (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: swamp, west)
kun (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: earth, southwest)
imperial villa; royal villa; detached palace
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
first of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Mercury and north); white patch on one foot of a horse; horse with such a patch; surface (landscape) that is white all over; pure white
black terracotta; black soil
third of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Jupiter and east)
fourth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Jupiter and south-east)