military preparation; armaments; defenses; defences
praying for the coming of a deity; ceremonial transfer of a divided tutelary deity to a new location
military science; strategy; tactics
self restraint; moderating one's behaviour; penitence; confinement to one's home; house arrest
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
ancient practices; old customs
type of traditional Japanese conical hat
family precepts; family motto; rule of the home
platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala
The Tale of the Heike; Heike Monogatari
chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
must not; should not; do not
religious oath in writing; written vow to the gods
indeed; really; truly; very much
group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.)
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; (arch.) happy-go-lucky
all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly
(arch.) sudden; (arch.) abrupt; (arch.) stupid; (arch.) foolish; attaining enlightenment in one effort (without ascetic practices, etc.)
exterior; surface; outside; outward appearance; looks
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
to be haggard; to be gaunt; to be emaciated; to be worn out (e.g. illness, worry)
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
quarter; a fourth; square (piece of) cloth
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
battle flag; standard; (regimental) colours; colors; ensign
ethics; ethical viewpoint; moral value; sense of duty; sense of ethics
the West; the Occident; Western countries
general classification; broad categorization
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
return; conclusion; reduction
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead