language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
Muromachi period (1333-1573)
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
ordinary people; common folk; general masses; man in the street; populace at large
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
taro (Colocasia esculenta); dasheen; eddo
samurai; warrior; military family
society; public; community; social studies
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
of good omen; auspicious; lucky; auguring well (for); boding well (for)
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
custom; habit; customary practice
(United States of) America; USA
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
certainty; reality; regular; permanent; samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation)
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
land made arable by the slash-and-burn method; swidden; slash-and-burn farming
first three days of the New Year (January 1-3)
gods and Buddha; Shinto and Buddhism
to offer; to sacrifice; to dedicate
taboo; day, time, direction, words, etc. that must be avoided; contraindication
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
myself; yourself; I; me; you
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
foreign; imported; outpatient; outpatient care; outpatient clinic
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor