house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
blame; censure; rebuke; reproof
appearance; air; condition; state; form
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
imperial court; shogunate government; authorities; public affairs; official; government
paintings and calligraphic works
poor; low-grade; load; pack; packhorse
load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
vibrancy; strength; (esp. of men) one's prime (approx. age 30); counter for times of moxibustion
Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku
family tree; pedigree; genealogy
to carry in one's pocket; to own; to take; to carry about
(arch.) eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); (arch.) eastern provinces; (arch.) east; wagon; yamatogoto
twelfth lunar month; 12th month of the lunar calendar
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
jumbled; in disarray; scattered randomly about (small items)
to be associated (with); to be connected (with)
long stretch of winding beach
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
one's course; one's path; one's road
splendor; splendour; superb view
moment; instant; short amount of time
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
apparently; appears to be
every person; each one; everybody
to fall on one's backside; to be exhausted; to lose strength; to lose one's abilities
completeness; being fully equipped; (suit of) armor; armour