thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
genius; prodigy; natural gift
dictation; verbal statement
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
Asuka period (550-710 CE)
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
to order; to command; to appoint
Emperor Temmu; Temmu Tenno (?-686 CE, reigning: 673-686 CE)
reign; being on the throne
7 or 3 ratio; hair parted on one side
besides; moreover; in addition
criminal, administrative and civil codes (forming the basis of ancient East Asian law; orig. Chinese); legal codes of the Nara and Heian eras based on Chinese models
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
rule; reign; government; governing
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
Empress Gemmei; Gemmei Tenno (661-721 CE, reigning: 707-715 CE)
the first and second; a few
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)