Vocabulary

northern sky

the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow

the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow

northern half

United States of America

American Indian; native American

northern extremity

lying with one's head to the north (trad. position for dead bodies; taboo for sleeping)

North Manchuria

north face; north side; the north; facing north

north gate

Mount Hiei

servant; manservant; menial

fellow servant

male and female servants

divining; telling a fortune; predicting

choosing a homesite by divination

fortune teller; soothsayer; diviner

fortune-telling; divination; augury

fortunetelling; divination

India-ink drawing

ink marks; handwriting

inked marking string

adherence (to custom, tradition)

India ink; China ink

blotting out characters with ink

ink black

dyeing black; dyed black; dark

priest's black robe

priest's black robe

inkstone well

ink line; tool for marking long, straight lines on flat surfaces

banks of the Sumida river

certificate; certified document; authorization; authorisation

blackening the face

inked marking string

beat to death

magnolia (Magnolia obovata); Japanese big leaf magnolia

quiet unsociable person

meadowlark; field lark