counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)
talent for poetry; poetic genius
to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed
that year; same year; same age
to come; to go; to participate; to perform Zen meditation
bishop's staff; khakkhara
(arch.) to allocate; to compose (poetry, etc.)
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
Suruga (former province located in the central and northern parts of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
Kiyomi orange (Citrus unshiu sinensis); type of tangor (tangerine-orange hybrid)
Bizen (former province located in the southeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
Tenchō era (824.1.5-834.1.3)
barrier; gate; seki; mutual life
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
tax paid to avoid forced labor (ritsuryō period); tax in kind; mediocrity
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
omission (of middle part of a text); ellipsis
request; invitation; privilege in criminal law given to nobles of the fifth rank or above (ritsuryō system)
abandoned; out-of-use; obsolete; abolished; decommissioned
to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up
son-in-law; (one's) daughter's husband
purple vestment (traditionally awarded by the imperial household); high-ranking priest's purple robe
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
various countries; various regions; various provinces
in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)
retired emperor; ex-emperor; former emperor; emperor emeritus
trust; confidence; credence
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
court; Imperial Palace or household
imperial palace; festival dolls representing the emperor and the empress
lecture; sermon; preaching; scolding; preaching; moralizing
whistling arrow used to signal the start of battle; start (e.g. of a movement); beginning; dawn