great variety of flowering plants; light greenish-blue; various
garden; orchard; park; kindergarten; nursery school; preschool
egoma (type of perilla); Perilla frutescens var. frutescens
Dioscorea tokoro (species of wild yam); old man living in the countryside
tachibana orange (Citrus tachibana)
office; official; chief; head; person (usually a woman) who officiates at religious ceremonies (on the Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa)
foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
versification; tanka poetry
to line up with; to be a member of; to rank with; to attend; to take part in
old road; ancient road; ancient methods; ancient moral teachings; the way of learning
essence; quintessence; spirit; soul; heart; pith (and marrow)
old book; rare book; classic; secondhand book; used book
revision of a text (by comparison of variant sources); emendation; recension
interpretation; explanation; reading; construction
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation
ardent; passionate; vehement
countryside; country; 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)
making provision for the elderly; making provision for one's old age; spending one's old age in comfort; Yōrō era (717.11.17-724.2.4)
history; pedigree; lineage
stone monument bearing an inscription (esp. memorial for future generations); stele; stela
Yamato Takeru; 12th Emperor of Japan, who dressed as a maidservant in a successful plot to kill the leaders of the Kumaso tribe in Kumamoto
order; command; life; destiny; fate
historic spot; historic site; place of historical interest; historic remains; ruins
Emperor Keitai; Keitai Tenno
inscription; epitaph; epigraph
worship; adoration; admiration; cult
in conflict; incompatible; out of harmony; running counter; mutually exclusive; clashing with
as one flesh or body; simultaneously
indigenous person; inhabitant of a country; local; native; local lords and samurai; daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
to perform religious services for the departed souls of one's ancestors
to sense; to perceive; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
all sorts of; all kinds of
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
showy; loud; flashy; gaudy
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
sadness; sorrow; grief; (arch.) affection; (arch.) love
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite