dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
in a day; in a brief space of time
rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent
recovery; undoing; recall
it's been a long time; long time no see
flesh (esp. of an animal); meat
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
Tango (former province located in the north of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)
ensemble (e.g. orchestra, chamber group, etc.); concert
leaving; quitting; retiring
area of the Edo castle where the shogun would work and spend his daily life
lock; padlock; tablet; lozenge; pill
evening; early night hours
one-thousandth; 0.03 mm (one-thousandth of a sun); 0.01 percent (one-thousandth of a wari); old monetary unit (0.0001 yen)
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
creation; founding; initiating
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
Ooe No Hiromoto (1148-1225)
to own; to receive; to understand
to catch fire (of charcoal); to start burning; to burn away; to burn merrily
warp (weaving); longitude; scripture; sutra; trans-
indigenousness; being native (to a region); settling (of people); native; indigenous; aboriginal
branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
Nanbokuchō period (of Japan; 1336-1392); period of the Northern and Southern courts; period of the Northern and Southern dynasties (of China; 5th-6th c.)
to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up
filthy; dirty (looking); drab
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
Heike family; Taira family
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
so-and-so; who?; which people?