study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
God; god; ace; king; superior person
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
Sugawara no Michizane (845-903)
Fujiwaranomichitsunanohaha
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
revengeful ghost; apparition
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
that's the way it is; such is life
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
superstition; superstitious belief
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert
infancy; childhood; tender age
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
Kazusa (former province located in the central part of present-day Chiba Prefecture)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
The Tale of Genji (Heian period classic)
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
longing for; burning desire
admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
rolled egg; rolled omelette (omelet); fried egg; frying pan for making rolled eggs
by ones and twos; tears or flower petals falling quietly; gurgling bird sound; falling apart; crumbling; dish made from fiveleaf aralia sprouts, pickled daikon, walnuts, etc.
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)