imperial palace; shrine; Grand Empress Dowager; Empress Dowager; woman of imperial lineage who has borne a child; elderly woman of imperial lineage
Bhaisajyaguru; Pindola; The Healing Buddha
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
confluence (of rivers); junction (of rivers, roads, etc.); meeting point
exactly; just; right (when); just (as); just (about to); on the point of
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
coming into and out of sight
fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
unable to understand (reason, motive, etc.)
kagura; traditional Shinto music and dancing
emperor (of Japan); mikado
imperial mausoleum; Emperor's tomb; big hill
close thicket; dense forest; jungle; Amazon (online retailer)
to lean over (and cover with one's body); to bend over (someone); to (stand tall and) lean on (someone); to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
eastern mountains; mountains to the east; Tōsandō (area between the Tōkaidō and Hokurikudō); Higashiyama (Kyoto district)
jujube (Ziziphus jujuba); Chinese date; red date; small tea caddy (tea ceremony)
going (up) to the capital; going to Tokyo
almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
right behind; just behind; directly behind
gap; narrow space between things; valley; gorge; loophole (in a castle wall); arrow slit
brown-eared bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis)
the wisdom of the ancients
kariginu; informal clothes worn by the nobility from the Heian period onwards; patterned kariginu (Edo period)
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
to maintain one's honor as a man; to save face (as a man); to have one's honor upheld
to smoke (something); to fumigate; to oxidize; to oxidise
to carry around; to carry on one's person
lamp soot; lamp smoke; lampblack
to be sooty; to be stained