secret ceremony; ritual; sanctum sanctorum
first ceremonial offering of rice by newly-enthroned Emperor
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
funeral hall; ceremony site
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
lick; bottom card of the draw pile; (arch.) tasting (a nobleman's) medicine to see if it contains poison; (arch.) medicine taster
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
second day of the month; two days
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
Imperial Palace (of Japan); imperial residence
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
building (a temple, palace, etc.); construction; erection
number of days; period of days; daily interest rate
fixed date; appointed day
measurement; size; extent; plan; intention; arrangement
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
material; material properties; quality of material; quality of wood; quality of lumber
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
elucidation; explicit statement; specification
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
eternal; everlasting; unchangeable; invariant
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
erecting (temple, Buddhist statue, etc.)
to play a central role; to take a leading part
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
ridge (of roof); back of a sword; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
neighbourhood; neighborhood; all sides; frontiers (of a country); four sides (of a shape)
east, west, south and north
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
facing south; southern exposure