head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress
group; flock; crowd; wide expanse (of flowers)
close to the wall; alongside the wall
hog (esp. a wild boar, but also including the domesticated pig)
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier
Army Minister; Minister of War
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
deep sea; depths of the sea; ocean depths
silence; stillness; quietness
polite; respectful; reverent
to droop (e.g. ears of grain); to bow one's head; to hang one's head
type 1; category 1; first class
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
Imperial era; system of counting years from the start of Emperor Jinmu's reign in 660 BC
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
thirteenth day of the month; thirteen days
government service; official position; civil service
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
single word; a few words; brief comment
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
retainer; subject; vassal; servant