traditional Japanese wind instrument resembling panpipes; free-reed instrument used in Japanese court music
small double-reed wind instrument used in gagaku (made of bamboo, with 7 holes on top and 2 below)
playing (a wind instrument); blowing
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
plaintive strains; mournful tone; sad melody
amusement; diversion (to pass time); pastime; recreation
all-night vigil over a body; wake
sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)
mountain of death; steep mountain which the dead must cross to reach the afterlife
acquaintance; close friend
mansion (of a noble); manor house; official residence (of a noble or government official); small castle; fort
to print; to color or pattern fabric using a wooden mold
eagle (Accipitridae family)
(high) mountain; Mount; Mt.; mountain peak
fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (voice); fluent (speech); eloquent
(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament
minister (of a government department)
river surface; surface of a river
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
ordinary; common; mediocre
lowness (of degree, value, etc.); inferiority; second volume (of two); third volume (of three)
eboshi; black-lacquered headgear made of silk, cloth or paper, originally worn by court nobles in ancient Japan
strange; unexpected; (by) chance; unusual; curious
brightly lit; brightly lighted; lit up; lighted up
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
all-night vigil over a body; wake
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
hereditary occupational group (Yamato period)
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
unexpected; unlikely; terrible; awful; very; extremely
visit for no reason; going on a fool's errand
manager; steward; factotum; useful person
was; was just in; just left; just did
much more; not to mention; not to speak of; to say nothing of; let alone
hesitantly; timidly; diffidently