potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
eternal; unlimited; endless
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
heredity; (genetic) inheritance
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
Kamakura period (1185-1333 CE)
women's writing; literature written by women
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
modern language; contemporary language; living language; modern Japanese; Japanese as spoken since the Meiji period or alternatively, since the end of World War II
original text with its translation printed side by side or on opposite page
first and second volume (e.g. of a book); volume one and volume two; book one and book two
ancient writing (i.e. Edo-period or older); classical literature; ancient Chinese character (pre-Qin period)
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
heroine; female protagonist
Emperor Gofukakusa 1243-1304 (offically reigned as a child 1246-1259)
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
unwillingly; reluctantly; against one's will
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
pledge; vow; (of a man and woman) having sexual relations; having sexual intercourse; destiny; fate
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
who cares?; I don't give a damn; what does it matter?
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
tortoiseshell (of the hawksbill turtle); bekko; tortoiseshell (esp. of the Chinese soft-shelled turtle)
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously