enka; traditional-style Japanese popular ballad; troubadour
mochi (glutinous rice or other grain, sticky enough to make mochi rice cakes)
flour; meal; powder; dust
Empress Jitou; Jitou Tenno (645-702 CE, reigning: 690-697 CE)
even though; despite; when
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
at first; in the beginning; originally
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
dynasty; reign; period; epoch; court; North Korea
monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)
thick curtain; drop curtain
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance
Buddhist priest; monk; boy
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
import; importation; introduction; afferent
like; similar to; same as
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra
Chinese book; Chinese classics
colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
Buddhist teachings; Buddhism
spread (of Buddhist teachings)
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
without; but if; otherwise; or else
... years since construction; ... years old (of a building); built in ...
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
mud wall with a roof; roofed mud wall
emperor (of Japan); mikado; (the gates of an) imperial residence
artificial hill (in a garden)
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees