diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; Heian period (794-1185)
relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital
Emperor Saga; Saga Tenno (786-842 CE, reigning: 809-823 CE)
Uchikonaishinnou (Prince) (807-847)
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
service; ministry; attendance; offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
imperial princess; royal princess
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
to serve; to work for; to attend
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
this (very thing); this precisely
unmarried; not yet married
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
honor; honour; credit; prestige
font of purifying water placed at the entrance of a shrine
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
uncertain; vague; ambiguous
day of the ox in midsummer (during the hottest season); dog days of summer
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
to be violated; to be corrupted; to be polluted; to be stained
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
the ocean; the great deep
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float