art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
blame; accusation; torture; maltreatment; pangs (of conscience)
plan; measure; means; scheme; policy
magic; sorcery; witchcraft; magic tricks (with large-scale props)
to dazzle; to make dizzy; to bewilder
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; indeed; really
to bend (the truth); to distort; to yield (a point); to depart (from a principle); to pawn
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
one person; ordinary; common
black rope used to bind criminals; being bound in prison
arrangement; handling; measures; management; discretion
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
circulation; dissemination
other than; excluding; without
to neither itch nor feel pain; to not be affected by something; to not feel the effects of something
overseas student; exchange student
Watanabe Hitoshi (1960.7.30-)
relief; aid; help; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
compilation (esp. dictionary, history, law code); editing
quinquennial; recurring every five years
being a graduate of the same school; person who went to the same school; fellow alumnus
to meet; to assemble; to gather; to encounter; to run into
imperial palace; shrine; Grand Empress Dowager; Empress Dowager; woman of imperial lineage who has borne a child; elderly woman of imperial lineage
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
to speak words (of); to speak (to); to say (something); to say some (kind, comforting, etc.) words
un-; non-; bad ...; poor ...
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
Tendai sect (of Buddhism)
free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy; frank
throughout heaven and earth, I alone am the honored one; self-conceit; self-centeredness; vainglory
deep admiration; repeatedly lamenting
first 17-syllable verse of a renga; haiku; first five-syllable line of a tanka
traveller's journal; traveler's journal; travelogue