top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
108; one hundred and eight; the number of kleshas, worldly thoughts and passions; the sum of 12 months, 24 seasons of the solar year, and 72 'climates' of one year
meals exchanged by parishioners and priests
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
the Monkey (ninth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Monkey (around 4pm, 3-5pm, or 4-6pm); west-southwest; 7th month of the lunar calendar
3000; three thousand; many
intersection; crossing; crossroad; street corner; street
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
boat festival; festival with portable shrines carried on boats
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
slip of paper bearing a book's title (pasted inside the book)
due to the fact that; because of
Hōei era (1704.3.13-1711.4.25)
triangular pattern; scalelike pattern; imbricate pattern; triangle emblem
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
very; much; greatly; a lot of
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
publish; start (new) publication
some; few; somewhat; to a certain extent; (arch.) many; (arch.) a lot
to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
false charge; slander; defamation
flight; running away; absconding; elopement
leathercraft; leatherwork
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
imperial palace; shrine; Grand Empress Dowager; Empress Dowager; woman of imperial lineage who has borne a child; elderly woman of imperial lineage
to appear; to reveal; to show
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
human intellect; knowledge