equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)
Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
in succession; one by one
obedience; submission; resignation
tension; mental strain; nervousness
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)
imperial order; imperial decree
imperial decree; imperial edict
to present; to dedicate; to obey; to follow; to proudly bear
large and small matters; particulars; details; greatness and smallness; circumstances
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
practice; practising; experience
to be perturbed; to be agitated
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
second grade of the third rank of honor (honour)
subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
even so; anyhow; at any rate
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
the way one talks; one's way of speaking
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
your Highness; his Highness; her Highness
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
to warm up to; to become enthusiastic about; to be elated
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
such; this sort of; like this
grhapati (layman; sometimes used as a posthumous suffix); private-sector scholar
expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)