to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
sen (hundredth of a yen); coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch.) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
look; appearance; spectacle; sight; observation meditation; outlook on ...
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
Motoori Norinaga (1730-1801)
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
pointing out; identification
reason; cause; circumstances
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
Emperor Chuuai; Chuuai Tenno
invoking a deity during a festival held in that deity's honor; medium's invocation of a deity to take possession of her (to receive his divine message or revelation)
in this way; thus; such; uh...
empress dowager; queen mother
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
Lord; Highness; (arch.) you
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
Tsukushi (provinces of Chikuzen and Chikugo in northern Kyushu)
shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
Kumaso (ancient Japanese people resident to southern Kyushu)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight); I; me