conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
Minister of the Right (official in Nara and Heian periods)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir
biological child; one's own child
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
Tsukushi (provinces of Chikuzen and Chikugo in northern Kyushu)
fertile shoot of field horsetail
to revere; to respect; to worship
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb
Mt Tsukuba (in Ibaraki Pref.)
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully
cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes; remains (of war dead)
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
to settle (in a place); to settle down
government official; clerk
one's remaining years; the rest of one's life
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
countryside; country; 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
vague recollection; faint memory
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage