to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
seeing through; fluoroscopy; roentgenoscopy; clairvoyance; seeing through (objects)
water; (drinking) water; night entertainment business; nightlife worker; racy; titillating
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
pale fiery light seen in the fields and mountains at night; will-o'-the-wisp
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
an ideal topography for the four Taoist gods, with a river in the east, a broad avenue in the west, a basin in the south, and a hill in the north
four Taoist gods said to reign over the four directions; four gods said to reign over the four seasons
bearing; heading; point of the compass
terrain; geographical features; topography
to rule; to govern; to administer
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
Black Tortoise (god said to rule over the northern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the northern heavens
blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology); Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)
Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the southern heavens
White Tiger (god said to rule over the western heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the western heavens
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
main street (esp. in a capital); main thoroughfare; (arch.) most important of the three classes of highway (ritsuryo period)
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
sovereign; emperor; monarch
general idea; concept; notion
recent past; recent times; early modern period (from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the end of the Edo period)
rule; reign; government; governing
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-