temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
legal wife (of a noble) (as opposed to a concubine); room for receiving guests; heir; successor
full dress; formal dress; uniform
to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish
chief; main; principal; main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)
to be in complete attendance
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with
languorous; weary; listless; somber; sombre; gloomy
guidance; leadership; leading the way
front; frontage; facade; main
blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology); Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)
observation; survey; watching
to step forward; to volunteer
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
virile; tough; masculine; intense
decoration; ornament; trimmings
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
long (time that has passed); old (story)
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
to feel that something is true or actually happening; to hit one (realization, thought); to sink in
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
languid; weary; listless; melancholy
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official