first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
book; volume; this; present; main; head
presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
taboo; day, time, direction, words, etc. that must be avoided; contraindication
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
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
censorship; inspection; examination
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
travelling on foot; traveling on foot; travelling all over
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
accurate; correct; precise; exact
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time