travelling clothes; traveling clothes; travelling outfit; traveling outfit
to carry in one's hand; to have in one's hand; to lead (e.g. troops); to present (an issue, policy, artistic work, etc.); to take up
arts and sciences; liberal arts
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
when it becomes; when it comes to
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
to present; to dedicate; to obey; to follow; to proudly bear
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
Japanese pronunciation of a kanji (based on adopted Chinese pronunciations)
restoration; revival; resurgence
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
power; authority; might; influence; dignity; majesty
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
the tip of a spear; the edge at the very tip of a sword
workshop; studio; atelier
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
Kōji era (1555.10.23-1558.2.28)
director (of the provincial governors under the ritsuryo system)
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
first cry of a newborn baby
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
horsemanship; equestrian art; (art of) riding
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
degeneration; decadence; deterioration; laxness; corruption
social; societal; societary
germination; germ; sprout; bud; sign