origin; beginning; source; rise
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to name; to call; to christen; to term
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
Hitachi Fudoki (description of the culture, climate, etc. of Hitachi province; approx. 720 CE)
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
grasping; gripping; handful; fistful; handle; grip; rice ball
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters; Japan's oldest historical record
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
origin of a word; derivation of a word; etymology
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
divine spirit of creation
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
meaning; significance; sense
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
to have meaning; to be meaningful
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to