hellish pain; suffering; distress; agony
to droop (e.g. ears of grain); to bow one's head; to hang one's head
to wash away; to rinse off
singing, dancing and music; (public) entertainment; performing arts
many priests; (Heian era) monk-soldiers
pure land (esp. the Western Pure Land paradise of Amitabha); (Buddhist) paradise; Pure Land Buddhism
(religious) denomination; sect
exceedingly; extremely; very many; indeed
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
distrust of politics; political uncertainty
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
to live up to expectations; to meet expectations
personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR
complete change; reform; restoration; remodeling; remodelling; renewal
distinguished service; meritorious service
Minister of Education, Science and Culture
leading actor; star; leading figure; central figure; key figure
priest who was also a street performer and performed prayers and other religious duties for the sake of other people
for dear life; barely escaping alive
mountain hamlet; mountain village
palace annex; shrine annex
first cry of a newborn baby
suffix appended to somebody else's family members
grove of miscellaneous trees; copse; coppice; thicket
green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese pheasant
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
sexual excitement; estrus; oestrus; rut; (coming into) heat
Japanese snowbell; styrax japonica
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
sunlight; rays of the Sun
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic
lovable; sweet; charming; pitiful; pathetic; touching
dogtooth violet (Erythronium japonicum)