hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing); (arch.) clan
change of occupation; career change
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
standard; basis; principle
male diver (who collects shells, seaweed, etc.); fisherman
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
the present age; these days; (present) head of the family
taste; liking; preference
latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester
carrying out of rules; enforcing the law; execution; practice of Buddhism; Buddhist training
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
France; French (language)
stern; grave; solemn; sobersided
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
palace room for government officials; fellow; set (of people); clan
(before a) Buddhist altar; before the Buddha; offering placed on a Buddhist altar; incense money; condolatory offering
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
landowner; landlord; landlady
sravaka (disciple of Buddha); adherent of Hinayana Buddhism
old Japanese court music; gagaku
kun'yomi (native Japanese reading of a kanji); reading a Chinese text (kanbun) in Japanese
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
announcing meals (at a Zen monastery); meal announcer; noh mask resembling a young attendant who announces mealtimes in a Zen monastery
style of recitative dance popular during the Muromachi period
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
aforementioned; above-mentioned
music; old Japanese court music; gagaku
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine; temple attached to a shrine
sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries); (arch.) noh; (arch.) fooling around
to take in (light, wind, etc.)
different sect; different party; different school