to mourn for; to grieve for; to condole with (the bereaved family, etc.); to hold a memorial service for; to hold a funeral service for
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
village; hamlet; settlement
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
overlooking; turning a blind eye
Jinno Shotoki (Succession of Imperial Rulers in Japan, historical treatise by Kitabatake Chikafusa, 1339)
Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)
upper reaches of a river; upstream
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
old man; venerable gentleman; venerable; old; father
elderly woman; noh mask of an old woman
wet nurse; nursing mother
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
to smooth with the hand; to stroke; to comb (down); to strum (a stringed instrument); to pluck
Susanoo-no-Mikoto (deity, younger brother to Amaterasu)
gods of the land; earthly deities
counter for chairs or seats
milk; breast; loop; decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
one's own child; one's own children
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
imperial order; imperial decree
occasional; infrequent; rare
imperial decree; imperial edict
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)