war; fighting; fierce competition
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
children's song; nursery rhyme
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
primary school; elementary school; grade school
how about ...?; what about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
how many years; how long; what year
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
material; materials; data; information; documents
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
returning home; going home; coming home; getting home
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
trouble; bother; annoyance
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
scenery; scene; landscape
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
hokora; small wayside shrine
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
to be tripped up; to be too drunk to stand
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
(main building of a) Shinto shrine
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
door; gate; opening; title page
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
to google; to do an online search (for)
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
Emperor Jimmu; Jimmu Tenno
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
foot-operated bellows; foot bellows; traditional Japanese clay furnace for smelting iron (operated with large foot bellows); Tatara furnace
Lord; Highness; (arch.) you
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know