event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
infancy; childhood; tender age
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
near oneself; close to one; familiar
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
information; experience; knowledge; observation
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
to rub; to chafe; to wear out; to become worn; to lose one's innocence; to become sly
samurai; warrior; military family
practice; practising; experience
ninefold; imperial palace; the Court
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
eighth month of the lunar calendar
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
government office; agency; board
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
evening; early night hours
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
main shrine; inner sanctuary
early ripening rice; early-ripening fruit (grain, etc.); person who becomes physically or mentally mature at an early age
corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture)
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
Western Liao (Central Asian Khitan empire, 1132-1211 CE)
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
although I say; although one might say; although called