author (usu. of a particular book); writer
misrepresentation; falsification
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
quantitative; concerning the quantity
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
cross-examination; retort; asking in return
most difficult; next to impossible
the Kojiki and Nihon-shoki
relaxed and enjoyable; spacious; vast; heavily trafficked; bustling
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
chest; coffer; rice tub; lidded round, wooden container for cooked rice
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
grand event; grand enterprise
to need; to demand; to take; to require
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
student; follower; students and pupils
producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other
evacuation; emission (e.g. of CO2, etc.); ejection
to dig out; to gouge out; to scoop; to ladle; to jerk (one's chin)
old book; rare book; classic; secondhand book; used book
historical materials; historical records; historical sources; archives
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
all (there is); as long as there is
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
to keep secret; to conceal
other; another; over; more than; I; me
counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period
quickly; calmly; intently
genius; brilliance; unusual talent; gifted person; person of unusual talent
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
Sinologist; scholar of the Chinese classics