(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
naniwabushi; variety of sung narrative popular during the Edo period
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
to relate; to narrate; to describe; to confer (a rank)
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
life story; personal narrative; story of one's life
style of Japanese folk song associated with Niigata Prefecture
Sado (former province located on Sado Island in present-day Niigata Prefecture); Sado (island, Niigata Prefecture)
conversing from the heart; love story
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve; vicinity (esp. of a bridge); approach; foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
Moon; month; moonlight; (a) moon; natural satellite
to pole (a boat); to punt (a boat); to swim with (the tide); to go with (the flow, the times, etc.); to go against (the tide, the flow, etc.)
Tenpō era (1830.12.10-1844.12.2)
The Water Margin (classic of Chinese literature); Outlaws of the Marsh; All Men are Brothers
the same kind; accomplice; partner
(the) whole; as a whole; in general; at large
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki (earliest historical records of Japan)
Man'yōshū (8th century anthology of Japanese poetry); (arch.) thousands of leaves; (arch.) thousands of years; (arch.) all ages
traditional Japanese poem with verses of five and seven morae repeated at least three times, usu. ending with a verse of seven; long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Kyoto in the late 16th century)
Kojiki (earliest historical record of Japan, compiled in 712 CE); Records of Ancient Matters
Emperor Jimmu; Jimmu Tenno
poem or song written by the emperor
foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); Chinese chives; Chinese leek
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)
to creep about; to crawl around
Umbonium costatum (species of sea snail)
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
attack; assault; criticism; censure; cyber attack (e.g. DDoS)
to repair; to mend; to change; to alter; to put back; to put away; to cure
Iwami (former province located in the west of present-day Shimane Prefecture)
lagoon; inlet; creek; tidal beach; tidal flat