United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization; UNESCO
ancient city; former capital
cultural assets; cultural property
registration; accession; register; entry; record
primeval forest; virgin forest
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
grove of the village shrine
trial; judgement; judgment
to ascertain; to confirm; to verify; to make sure of
to investigate; to examine
The Tale of Genji (Heian period classic)
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
fleeting life; this transient world; sad world; world of grief and worry; the world of the living; this life
emphasizes direct object of action
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
Hikaru Genji; The Shining Genji
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
travels; pilgrimage; itinerancy
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
keeping house; being confined to one's house
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
god of marriage; matchmaker
court music pavilion in a Shinto shrine; kagura hall
sexagenary cycle (60-year cycle of 12 animal zodiac and 5 elements in the traditional Chinese calendar); 12-year Chinese zodiac
Aoi Festival (Kyoto, May 15); Aoi Matsuri
congratulation; celebration
Festival of the Ages (held at Heian Jingu Shrine in Kyoto on October 22); Jidai Festival
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
Asuka period (550-710 CE)
natural calamity; disaster
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
the people; citizens; the populace
to be worried; to be troubled
Emperor Kimmei; Kimmei Tenno (510-571 CE, reigning: 539-571 CE or 531-571 CE)
famous; well-known; renowned; your name