(festivity) page; baby; child; (arch.) boys kept by pederasts
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear
to be led by; to be headed by
person of letters; literary person
elite bureaucrat; high government official; high-ranking bureaucrat; senior government official
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
hills and fields; hill and dale
holy men who abstain from meat and cooked food
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus
severe criticism; damnation
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)
smell (esp. a good smell); fragrance; scent; aroma; perfume
Shiga prefecture (Kinki area)
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
fruit of a tree; nut; berry
to eat (fodder, grass, etc.); to receive (a salary); to receive a stipend from one's lord
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
in the mountains; among the mountains
to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter
old friend; old acquaintance
farmer; peasant; farming; the common people
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
common cattail (Typha latifolia); common bulrush; common reedmace
woodcutter; lumberjack; logger
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern