reality; actuality; hard fact
unsuited; inappropriate; improper; undeserved
to be biased; to be prejudiced; to be partial; to be one-sided
to have a tendency to; to be liable to; to have a touch of; to have a smack of
plan for one's life; life planning
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
conceiving (an idea); thinking up; invention; original idea; new idea
insignificant; trifling; paltry; cottage (industry); tiny (company)
common people; ordinary people; masses
mode of life; ecology; (animal) territory
action; operation; effect; function
to take into consideration; to bear in mind
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
strange; weird; odd; strange thing; strange person
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
Grand Council of State (1868-1885 CE); Department of State (under the ritsuryo system)
the eight ministries (under the Grand Council of State of the ritsuryo system)
origin; appearance of auspicious omen
splendor; splendour; gorgeousness; showiness; gaudiness; extravagance
splendour; splendor; pompousness; magnificence
Sui dynasty (China, 581-618)
Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country
party (political); person who is fond of; fan of
quagmire; sludge; mud; slush; mire
to be beyond words; to defy description
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
divide into four pieces; one fourth
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
dissolute; dissipated; licentious; slovenly; untidy; messy