manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
to be scattered; to straggle; to be found here and there
memorial service for the dead; holding a service
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
8000; eight thousand; many
dice; die; baton (of command)
dry riverbed; river beach
pleasant feeling; good feeling
pollution; contamination; corruption; graft
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
miasma; noxious form of "bad air" formerly believed to cause diseases
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
to appease; to suppress; to calm
uncleanness; impurity; disgrace; shame; uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.
to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken; to call (to mind); to bring back (memories); to evoke
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
the height of folly; sheer stupidity
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
turning over while sleeping in bed; betrayal; double-crossing
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
hazy; dim; faint; minced fish or meat that is seasoned and fried
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
ox carriage (for Heian era nobles); oxcart
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
to order; to command; to appoint
twelve-layered ceremonial kimono (worn by a court lady); ajuga (Ajuga nipponensis); bugle
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon