grandfather; male senior-citizen
Kagen era (1303.8.5-1306.12.14)
Ōwa era (961.2.16-964.7.10)
Kanshō era (1460.12.21-1466.2.28)
administrative and civil code
Hōtoku era (1449.7.28-1452.7.25)
reversing the order of (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; the tables being turned; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; mistaking the means for the end
public official stationed outside the capital (under the ritsuryo system)
former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators)
button (clothing); push-button
Tengyō era (938.5.22-947.4.22); Tenkei era
harsh tasting; strongly alkaline tasting; excessively strong-willed; fiercely individualistic; strongly idiosyncratic
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
Juei era (1182.5.27-1184.4.16)
sticky (situation); finding oneself trapped
businessman with political ties
something to rely on; aid; someone to rely on; relative; reminder; memento
the n-th generation head of a family
Ōnin era (1467.3.5-1469.4.28)
middle-aged spread; weight put on in middle age
handling; handball (soccer foul)
distinction between right and wrong; distinction between good and bad
which is which; one or the other
without any weak spot; watertight (e.g. reasoning); impeccable
untouched; unrestrained; unscathed
child or doll used as a vessel for a spirit invoked by a shaman or miko
recouping one's strength for a renewed attack (on); making another attempt with redoubled efforts
Northern and Southern Courts (of Japan; 1336-1392); Northern and Southern Dynasties; Northern and Southern Dynasties (of China; 420-589)
swallowing; understanding; apprehension
in truth; in actuality; at heart; the truth; the real story
freely; impudently; brazenly; shamelessly; however one wishes
vantage point; viewpoint; standpoint; outlook
to trample to death; to kill underfoot
not worth doing; waste of effort
(arch.) straight; ordinary; common; doing nothing