shoal; wide shallow beach
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
degree; extent; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
seedling; plant raised from the seed
silk tree (Albizia julibrissin)
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)
Japanese pampas grass (Miscanthus sinensis); maiden silvergrass; zebra grass
giant butterbur (Petasites japonicus); Japanese sweet coltsfoot
crucian carp (Carassius spp.)
custom; habit; customary practice
earthenware baking pan; parching pan
Juei era (1182.5.27-1184.4.16)
Minister of the Interior (669-1868 CE); Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1885-1945 CE)
Sanuki (former province located in present-day Kagawa Prefecture)
fortress; castle; citadel; enclosure; castle walls
government soldier; officers and other ranks; officers and enlisted
tracking down and killing; punitive expedition
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
existing in opposition or interdependence
Japanese medieval text that chronicles events of the Kamakura Shogunate
rise and fall; ups and downs; welfare; vicissitudes
Genryaku era (1184.4.16-1185.8.14)
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
old poem (esp. waka); old song
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
suddenly (rising to fame, etc.); instantly; immediately; one bound; one leap
offering to a deity or somebody's spirit; tribute to a person who is about to depart
leaning to the right; turning rightist; being on the (political) right