Vocabulary

highest heavens

dagger

nine traditional astrological signs in Onmyōdō, each corresponding to the year of a person's birth and used to create a horoscope

Onmyōdō astrologist

Onmyōdō astrology

many turns (in a road)

hades; nether regions

nine nearest generations of relatives; four generations back, oneself, and four generations to come

very low land

sky; heavens; palace

falling headlong; plummeting; sudden crash

bowing repeatedly; kowtowing

almost certainly; in all probability; ten to one; in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred

kurin; nine vertically stacked rings on a pagoda finial

Buddhist sect originating in the seventh century

concurrence

meaning of phrase

meaning of a phrase

phrases and clauses

period; full stop

breaks and pauses (in a sentence)

punctuation rules

conventions to be followed in composing Japanese poetry; phraseology; diction

ward assembly

ward assemblyman

local train

local court

dividing for administrative purposes; partition; division

Japanese character set row and column index

ward expenses

dog meat; dog flesh

danger past, God forgotten; once on shore, we pray no more; man turns to God only in times of trouble; there are no atheists in foxholes

to worry

to be bothered (by something); to suffer

to feel bitter; to scowl

world of suffering

self-supporting student; working student

distress; anguish; mental suffering

magnesia; magnesium oxide

anguish