to investigate; to examine
middle palace guard (ritsuryo system)
build; physique; appearance
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
asking; enquiring; searching; looking for
and; thereupon; because of that
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
a long time ago; quickly; swiftly
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
utterance; speaking; vocalization; leading a group of people (in cheering, singing, etc.)
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
empty nest; empty house; empty home; burglary (of an empty house); burglar (who targets empty houses)
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
sticky; stiff; tenacious; persistent
within the sphere of influence (of)
Bitchū (former province located in the west of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
Tōtōmi (former province located in the west of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
good person; virtuous person
wickedness; wicked person
new; unused; new; obvious; natural
written prayer for a shrine or Buddhist temple
all people; the whole nation
strength; solidity; firmness; armour; armor
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
sharpness; sharp weapon; blade; fine soldier
without authority; without reason; unnecessarily; recklessly; indiscriminately
personal opinion; selfishness
one place; the same place; (arch.) one person; (arch.) together
dedication; presentation; consecration; offer (to a shrine)
main meaning; opinion; idea; aim; motive; gist
to draft; to write a rough copy
whole passage; full text; whole sentence; full paragraph