future prospects; promise
most successful (of one's relatives, classmates, etc.)
companion; partner; spouse
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
due form; official; formality
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
to be born; to come into the world
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
devotion; dedication; self-sacrifice
to think constantly about; to dwell on
source of amusement; plaything
piece; fragment; one (object)
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
absolute; complete; utter; pure; sheer
so (e.g. so much, so close, so many, so few)
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
canopy; dome; priestly minstrel's reed hood; reed hood worn by Komuso priests
luxurious; magnificent; extravagant; sumptuous
degeneration; decadence; deterioration; laxness; corruption
bass range (in Japanese music); six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)
green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese pheasant
Wu Zetian (624-705); Empress Wu
bad reputation; ill repute; bad name; (arch.) evil deed; (arch.) wrongdoing; (arch.) wrongdoer
(Japanese) empress; queen
historical event; ancient event; tradition; folklore; legend
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
deficit; shortage; loss; being partially broken; being partially missing; being partially removed
to become vulgar; to coarsen
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
political and business circles; political and business establishment; politics and industry
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
ruffian; villain; scoundrel