reading aloud; recitation; intoning
principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me
entrusting (something to a person); consignment (of goods); putting in someone's charge; trust; commission
Ashikaga period (i.e. the Muromachi period, 1333-1573 CE)
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
ancient times (e.g. Heian and Nara periods in Japan); remote ages; early history; (nominal) retail price
action; behavior; behaviour; (arch.) recommendation (of a person for a position)
female; smaller (of the two); weaker; (arch.) woman; (arch.) wife
Son of God; child of an emperor
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
Ryukyu; chain of southwestern Japanese islands comprising Okinawa Prefecture
inclusion; complete coverage; comprehensiveness
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
Hokurikudō; one of the seven districts of ancient Japan; highway running through the Hokuriku region
one more; another; not quite; close run; just falling short of success
analogy; analogical reasoning; analogical inference; analogy
dictionary; lexicon; (arch.) letter of resignation
Eurasian nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
Eurasian nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
varied tit (species of titmouse, Poecile varius)
varied tit (species of titmouse, Poecile varius)
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
native Japanese reading of a Chinese character; precept; lesson; one's teachings
tooth blackening; tooth-blackening dye
preliminary dyeing; bottoming
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
segregation; separation; independence
presumption; assumption; estimation