sympathy for a tragic hero; rooting for the underdog
(arch.) dancing girl (end of the Heian period); prostitute; tempo in gagaku
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
(courteous) invitation; call
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
power; authority; influence
Goshirakawahouou (1127.10.18-1192.4.26) (ex-emperor, later monk)
female dancer; dancing girl; danseuse
cloistered emperor; ex-emperor who has become a monk
to make an appeal; to urge
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
frog; kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
black fly (any insect of family Simuliidae); gnat
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor
injury; harm; evil influence; damage
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
mizuchi; mythical dragon-like beast
viewing and treating as one; regarding as the same; equating one thing with another; identification
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
liberation from earthly desires and the woes of man; deliverance of one's soul; moksha; mukti; vimukti
comprehension; understanding; enlightenment; spiritual awakening; satori
shramana (wandering monk)
limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)
holding a job; being employed; (arch.) being learned; (arch.) being knowledgeable; (arch.) having great artistic talent; (arch.) being a skilled performer
studies in usages and practices of the ancient court and military households