town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
company; firm; (Shinto) shrine; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.; incorporated body
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather
traveler's guardian deity (traveller)
to be able to reduce the price; to be able to be reduced
oral tradition; legend; folklore
from the beginning; from the first; of course; not to mention ...; not only ... but also ...
to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope
middle of the road; centrism; the middle (of what one is doing); half-way; middle way; middle path
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
Bhaisajyaguru; Pindola; The Healing Buddha
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
Emperor Ichijō; Ichijō Tenno (980-1011 CE, reigning: 986-1011 CE)
reign of an emperor of Japan
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
presence (of a nobleman, the emperor, etc.); outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); My Lord; My Lady
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryō system or Meiji Grand Council system)
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor; (lit.) to touch the scale on a dragon's throat
imperial decree; imperial edict
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
famous place; noted place; place of (scenic or historical) interest; sights (to see)
front of (the main building of) a shrine
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
your company; your shrine
nothing but; except; no more than
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
how; in what way; how about; questionable
paralysis; palsy; numbness; loss of sensation; standstill; state of paralysis