this land; our country; Imperial Court
mon; one-thousandth of a kan (unit of currency 1336-1870); 2.4 cm (traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes); letter; character; scripture
poetry and prose; literature; literary works
mild (climate); temperate; gentle (nature, personality, etc.); mild; moderate (statement, measure, etc.); mild
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
death (of an emperor); demise
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
devoted; self-sacrificing
orphan; child left by the deceased; abandoned child
bringing up; rearing; upbringing
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
prayer; grace (at meals); exorcism
mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable
to become emaciated; to waste away; to grow thin and worn out
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
patient's condition; pathology
separate room; another room; special room; (arch.) concubine (of a noble)
you; (arch.) your residence
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
woman; lady; adult female
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
explanation; interpretation
opportunity; chance; trigger; cause
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment
choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
absorption; suction; attraction