abortion; to be interrupted; to be discontinued; to be suspended
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
(arch.) a weight; temple supervisor; town (of China)
young imperial prince; child of the imperial family; shrine dedicated to a child of the god of the main shrine; newly built shrine (to which a divided tutelary deity has just been transferred)
Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
Nihon Shoki; Nihongi; Chronicles of Japan
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
particularly; only; in the case of
to cheat someone out of; to wangle; to get; to obtain
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
true meaning; underlying principle
Hinameshinomiko (imperial prince)
Lord; Highness; (arch.) you
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
imperial court; royal court
high and low (social standing)
afterlife; the next world; the world beyond
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama; Fuji-san
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
way (of doing); manner; method; means
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
poverty; penury; want; (arch.) insufficiency; (arch.) shortage; (arch.) deficiency
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person