dumpling cooked in miso served during the dog days of summer at the imperial court; (arch.) accompaniments for a rice dish; (arch.) wooden pestle; (arch.) menstrual period
to be seized with fear; to be seized with panic
rite of scattering flowers; glorious death (in battle); heroic death
saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus); estuarine crocodile
year in, year out; always; 24-7
brocade; fine dress; fine clothes
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
left behind (for later use)
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
the eight early Japanese Buddhist sects; the eight Japanese monks who visited China during the early Heian period
servant; valet; (arch.) someone who works in close quarters with the emperor or imperial family; (arch.) low-ranking official who works for the imperial family or nobility (under the Ritsuryo system); (arch.) ox-tender for oxcarts; (arch.) horse boy
trial manufacture (cultivation, etc.)
oldest mankind (e.g. evidence of)
to fulfill one's responsibility
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
hard fighting; close contest
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
absolutely (ought to); by all means; all; entirely
(Western) bell tower; campanile; belfry
branch (of a larger organization); local chapter
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
enquiry; inquiry; consultation
personage; person (deserving of respect)
unprecedented in history; unheard-of; epoch-making
to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
fresh, young ears of rice
no matter how much time passes