honor; honour; glory; (arch.) prosperity
equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent
fifth court rank; black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax); night heron; five ranks; five stages
(arch.) a weight; temple supervisor; town (of China)
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
tribe; race; group (of people who share a common feature); gang; tribe (taxonomic rank); group (in the periodic table)
one's mind; one's heart; one's intention
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
unify the nation by force; (lit.) spread military force under the heavens
preparations; preliminary arrangements; spade work; mise en place; groundwork
stagnation; standstill; accumulation; stay; sojourn
structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding; remodelling; remodeling
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
quotient; business; merchant; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop
rain shower in late autumn (fall) or early winter; seasonable rain
wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
travelling clothes; traveling clothes; travelling outfit; traveling outfit
clear or rainy weather; sunshine or rain
in spite of; despite; although; regardless of; irrespective of
going from the capital to the provinces; returning after praying at a temple or shrine; coming down from a high place to a low place
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
lodging (house); accommodation; hotel; housing (for government employees)
leave-taking; (saying) goodbye; requesting leave (from work)
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
departure; leaving; starting; standing
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both