pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
Hikaru Genji; The Shining Genji
complex; inferiority complex; complex (of buildings, facilities, etc.)
Onnasan no Miya (Genji Monogatari)
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
main purpose; chief aim; focus; main point; gist; essence
else; in addition; on top of that; furthermore; further; besides
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
traditional; conventional
lineage; pedigree; family line; birth
whole book (volume); complete episode
discord; dissonance; cacophony; discord (in a relationship); disagreement; disharmony
bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria var. hispida); calabash; moonflower (Ipomoea alba)
beginning; outset; first; onset
beginning (of writing); opening passage (sentence, paragraph, etc.); written claim; bill
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
crossing; passage; importing; import; wandering; wanderer; migration
travelling incognito (traveling); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
intimacy; sexual intercourse
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
within the story (of a book, play, film, etc.)
chief; main; principal; major
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
refined; admirable; superb
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
conception; idea; thought; samjna (perception)
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
one's present existence; this mortal frame; this world; cast-off cicada shell; cicada
Oborozukiyononaishinokami
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
to differ; to vary; to disagree
to transcribe; to duplicate; to describe; to film; to picture
being scattered and ultimately lost; dissipation
Motoori Norinaga (1730-1801)
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
analogy; analogical reasoning; analogical inference; analogy
concubine of an emperor; female court attendant who serves in the emperor's bedchamber
using one's arm for a pillow
emperor (of Japan); mikado