cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
famous place; name of a part (of an instrument, etc.); name and address
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
Nara prefecture (Kinki area)
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)
cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing
to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of
anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago
Emperor Go-Daigo; Go-Daigo Tenno (1288-1339 CE, reigning: 1318-1339 CE)
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening
(political) power; authority; influence
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
head temple (of a branch temple); head priest's temple quarters
the preceding year; the previous year; last year
birth; creation; formation
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
equality; impartiality; evenness
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
to feel; to sense; to experience
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
moment by moment; hour by hour
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section
jitte; short truncheon with a hook made of metal or wood (used by policemen and private thief-takers in Edo Japan)
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
condemn the offense, but not the offender
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy