-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
column (e.g. in newspaper); stand-alone feature article framed by a box
strange tale; curious report; strange report
ancestor; forefather; foremother
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
Hokke (northern branch of the Fujiwara clan, Heian period)
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
high and low; aristocrat and plebeian
branch; offshoot; tributary; fork; ramification (e.g. of a nerve, blood vessel, ore vein, etc.)
Arai Hakuseki (1657-1725)
(sheet) music; (musical) note; genealogy; family tree; record of a game of go, shogi, chess, etc.
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
quotation; citation; reference
(arch.) Mahito (highest of the eight hereditary titles); you
pointing out; identification
three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China
Echizen (former province located in parts of present-day Fukui and Gifu prefectures)
Emperor Keitai; Keitai Tenno
bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
Emperor Temmu; Temmu Tenno (?-686 CE, reigning: 673-686 CE)
hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing); (arch.) clan
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B
lesser councilor of state; lesser councillor of state; minor councilor; minor councillor