Vocabulary

Chinese style

regency government

activity; motility

anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject

bacterial cell

one's country of assignment (e.g. for an ambassador)

provincial governor (from the middle of the Heian period)

written imperial order (late Heian period)

morning meal (for priests, monks, etc.)

imperial event at which high monks recited the Golden Light Sutra to pray for national security and good harvests (held annually at the palace from the 8th to the 14th of the first lunar month, between the Nara and Muromachi periods)

ceremony for appointing officials other than ministers (from the Heian period)

picture calendar

dirt and grease; filth; grime

(earthenware) mortar (for grinding)

to die and be reborn as something else

to die; to become earth

to die; to become earth

to take a position (e.g. on an issue); to adopt a stance

win; victory

A; a

B; b

C; c

D; d

E; e

F; f

G; g

I (alphabet letter); i

J; j

K; k

L; l

N; n

O; o

P; p

Q; q

R; r

T; t

U; u

life

V; v

W; w