promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
hills and fields; hill and dale
to run around; to bustle about
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
again; once more; a second time
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
indeed; really; truly; very much
in this way; thus; such; uh...
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
Hōki era (770.10.1-781.1.1)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
March; third month of the lunar calendar
twenty-second day of the month; twenty-two days
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)
director of a district (ritsuryo system)
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
generous; magnanimous; big-hearted; broad-minded; (lit.) big-bellied
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
pilloried criminal exposed to public view; public scorn or humiliation; person shamed in front of others
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
will not do; do not; does not
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
power; authority; influence
spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus