absentmindedness; preoccupation; setting one's mind at ease; ceasing to worry; (arch.) loss of one's moral sense; (arch.) straying from virtue
like that; that way; thus
regular; well-regulated; systematic; orderly
to creep about; to crawl around
course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy
taijitu; cosmic dual forces symbol; yin-yang symbol
to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting
one (written) character; (arch.) Welsh onion; (arch.) spring onion
to bite off; to gnaw through
the "a" column of the Japanese syllabary table (a, i, u, e, o)
to write down one after another; to enumerate; to list; to write at length; to write on and on; to go on writing
the "sa" column of the Japanese syllabary table (sa, shi, su, se, so)
syllable with a voiced consonant (in Japanese); voiced sound
sacred scripture; sacred book; holy book; writings of a sage
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
Kibi (former province located in present-day Okayama and parts of Hiroshima, Hyōgo and Kagawa prefectures; later split into Bizen, Bitchu and Bingo provinces)
Abe no Nakamaro (ca 698 - ca 770)
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
active; dynamic; energetic
to misjudge; to mistake; to misjudge (someone); to overestimate; to miss seeing; to overlook
coward; weakling; scaredy cat; wimp; sissy
(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)
shop; store; establishment; restaurant
coming and going; traffic
wandering (around); roaming; loitering; prowling; hanging around
patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
leaving a matter to chance
in the early period (of something); at the beginning
structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding; remodelling; remodeling
construction; constructing; carrying out; work; formation; workmanship
to rebuild; to reconstruct
immunity; immunization; immunisation; being hardened (to); being unaffected (by); being accustomed (to)
unusual space; other dimension
locational advantage; advantageous position
to appear uneasy; to appear anxious
(not even) for a moment; (not) on any account; (not) the least bit; at any rate; at the very least; if ... at all