Rokujou 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); hollyhock
to torment; to torture; to harass
to take hold of; to possess; to haunt
every evening; night after night
bedroom; bedchamber; (arch.) roost; (arch.) nest
finally; 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
prayer; grace (at meals); exorcism
deep-seated grudge; hatred
(not) even when using ...; (not) even with the help of ...; (not) even by ...
homa; Buddhist rite of burning wooden sticks to ask a deity for blessings
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
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
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
relativity; interconnectedness; correlation
self-evident; obvious; axiomatic; self-explanatory; trivial
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
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
to name; to call; to christen; to term
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
divergence; alienation; deviation; estrangement; separation; detachment
contradiction; inconsistency
negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)
to reason; to sum up; to conclude