explanation in detail; full discussion
hesitation; hindrance; washroom
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
Himiko; Himiko (queen of Yamatai)
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
promiscuity; promiscuous sexual relations; communal marriage; mixed marriage; interracial marriage; miscegenation
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
residents of the capital; townsfolk
type of dance where the ground is stamped (Heian period)
another thing; exception; special case
hereditary custom; surviving tradition; teachings passed down from previous generations
ritual singing and dancing gathering of young men and women
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
sect; denomination; tenets (of a religious sect)
image; figure; figure; form; image
collection of similar objects; classification by similarity
three generations; three periods; third generation
dice; die; baton (of command)
food offering to the gods; prepared food
to rule; to govern; to administer
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
district governor (Ritsuryo period)
requisition; commandeering; conscription
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
dominion; territory; possession
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
beyond expectation; contrary to expectations; unexpectedly
ridge (in field); row of raised earth when planting crops; rib (cloth, mountains, sea); cord (e.g. corduroy)
three mountains; three shrines (of Kumano); three kingdoms (of 14th and 15th-century Okinawa)
to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer
blame; censure; rebuke; reproof
cultural facilities (art galleries, tea rooms, etc.)
wide open sky; the blue; heavens; firmament
rise and fall (e.g. prices); fluctuation; difference (rank, grade, quality, etc.); variation
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
strangeness; abnormality; disorder