miso lees; miso strainings; miso dregs; child who is made light of; child who is left out of games; immature child or person
Emperor Koukaku; Koukaku Tenno (1771-1840 CE, reigning: 1779-1817 CE)
needlework; sewing; seamstress
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
wiles and cunning; craftiness and treachery
"day of the ghost" (an extremely auspicious day on the lunar calendar for everything but weddings)
shabby clothes and an old hat
to strike someone dumb with astonishment
Xiuyaojing (Indian astrological text written by Amoghavajra)
mediocre; inferior; commonplace; foolish; stupid
may the presiders over warriors be my vanguard (nine-character charm chanted to ward off evil)
You'll pay for this!; You'd better keep your mouth shut!
winning techniques where the opponent is thrown without close bodily contact
act of disobedience (betrayal); violation; breach; infraction; infringement
land of eternally tranquil light (highest realm in Tendai Buddhism)
threefold truth (all things are void; all things are temporary; all things are in the middle state between these two) (in Tendai)
doctor; PhD; Dr.; expert; learned person
rank of the emperor; imperial throne
elder; senior; wife's father; father-in-law
between the devil and the deep sea; out of the frying pan into the fire
government official next in rank to the sakan (ritsuryo system)
Mahesvara (Shiva in the Buddhist pantheon)
form of astrology based on the Xiuyaojing (brought to Japan in the Heian period)
Daion; one of the eight gods of the koyomi
Izanagi; male deity who fathered Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods
I; me; myself; (arch.) we; (arch.) us; (arch.) ourselves
discriminated-against people; group of people suffering discrimination