and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
discreet; modest; cautious
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
dispatching to Europe (e.g. an envoy); sending to Europe
envoy; ambassador; delegate; emissary; mission
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
and so; therefore; for that reason
Later Han dynasty (China, 25-220 CE); Eastern Han dynasty; Later Han dynasty (China, 947-950 CE)
emperor (of Japan); mikado
era; CE (Common Era); AD (Anno Domini)
Country of Na (a country that existed within Japan during the Yayoi period)
Himiko; Himiko (queen of Yamatai)
white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); speech; one's lines; white dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; (arch.) white person
Asuka period (550-710 CE)
Japan's envoy to Sui dynasty China
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
it's precisely for that reason that ...; which is precisely why ...
unique; rare; exceptional; unparalleled; incomparable
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
(something that is) available for use at any time; (someone who is) at one's beck and call; (something over which) one has complete mastery
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
visiting Tang China (esp. of an envoy, monk, or exchange student); entering Tang China
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
wokou; wakou; Japanese pirates of the Middle Ages
diplomatic message sent by a head of state; sovereign letter; book written in Japanese (as opposed to Chinese, etc.); Japanese book; national literature (of Japan)
India; cotton sheeting; foreign; imported; ultra-spicy; extra hot
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
Tsushima (former province located on Tsushima Island in present-day Nagasaki Prefecture); Tsushima (island)