improvement project; construction plan; maintenance plan; maintenance schedule; maintenance program
remaining unchanged (from the old state of things); none the better for the change (if at all)
pilgrimage; walking tour; travelling (on foot)
ox carriage (for Heian era nobles); oxcart
reverse movement; retrogression; going backwards; retrogradation; retrogression
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
government service; official position; civil service
powerful family; powerful clan
(arch.) warrior from the eastern parts of Japan; eastern barbarians; people east of China (from the perspective of China)
commandant; commanding officer; general
first rank in the hierarchy of the government; highest rank given to a shrine
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
senior grade of the third court rank
chief councillor of state; chief councilor of state; large-grained variety of adzuki bean
biological younger brother
to own; to receive; to understand
Sunpu (old name for Shizuoka City)
to pattern after; to liken to; to imitate
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
whim; vagary; capriciousness; eccentricity
modesty; humility; being humble
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; (arch.) to enjoy the beauty of; (arch.) to appreciate; (arch.) to admire
to be enigmatic; to be puzzling; to be wrapped in mystery
to quieten down; to fall silent; to cease activities; to become inactive; to lie low
mutual relationship; interrelationship; interaction
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to degenerate; to lapse into
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
to tire of; to lose interest in; (arch.) to be satisfied; (arch.) to enjoy; (arch.) to do adequately
disembarkation; getting off a ship; going ashore
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
unusual onsen bath (e.g. with flowers and fruit placed in the water)