mental; psychological; physical
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
modern translation; translation into modern language (of a classical text, e.g. The Tale of Genji)
Hikaru Genji; The Shining Genji
Rokujō no Miyasudokoro (Genji Monogatari)
legal wife; lawful wife; first wife (in polygamous relationship)
mallow (any plant of family Malvaceae); Asarum caulescens (species of wild ginger)
to torment; to torture; to afflict; to harrow
to possess (someone; of an evil spirit, idea, etc.); to take hold of; to haunt
every evening; night after night
sleeping place; bedroom; bedchamber
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to haunt to death; to possess and kill
Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family
(switched) on; being on the green (of one's ball)
prayer; grace (at meals); exorcism
deep-seated grudge; hatred
(not) even with; (not) even using
memory; sense; experience
homa; Buddhist rite of burning wooden sticks to ask a deity for blessings
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
act (usu. undesirable); action; deed; conduct
karma; result of one's karma; fate; uncontrollable temper
to get a haircut; to give a haircut; to cut hair
entering the priesthood; priest; monk; bonze
bizarre; strange; weird; grotesque
dark of the heart; depths of the human mind; (arch.) distress about one's beloved child
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
Freud; Freud, Sigmund (1856-1939; Austrian neurologist)
relativity; interconnectedness; correlation
self-evident; obvious; axiomatic; self-explanatory; trivial
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
invention; intelligent; clever; smart
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
direct connection; direct link
Japanese beautyberry (Callicarpa japonica)
unnatural phenomenon; strange happenings; haunting