to rise to the surface;  to come to the front;  to emerge (e.g. from obscurity);  to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
 (ancient) Japan;  Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
 Japan;  the (Japanese) empire
 person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
 diviner;  sorcerer;  exorcist;  medium
 that is to say;  that is;  in short;  in brief;  clogging;  obstruction;  shrinkage
 relation;  relationship;  participation;  involvement;  influence;  effect
 potentiality;  likelihood;  possibility;  availability
 big;  large;  loud;  extensive;  spacious;  important
 I see;  that's right;  indeed
 truth;  reality;  proper;  right;  genuine;  authentic
 if;  in case;  as for;  on the topic of;  if that's the case;  if so
 cannot (due to external circumstances);  cannot afford to;  must not;  impossible to;  no way one can (do)
 to tell;  to inform;  to announce;  to indicate;  to signal;  to mark
 for a short while;  for a brief period;  soon;  in a short while
 space (between);  gap;  period of time (during, while);  duration;  between (two parties or things);  among (a group);  relations (between)
 careful thought;  consideration;  deliberation;  reflection;  rumination;  pondering
 silence;  being silent;  quiet;  reticence;  inaction
 trouble;  bother;  trouble;  difficulty;  care;  attention
 to have been decided (so) that;  to have been arranged (so) that;  to be the result (of);  to be the outcome;  to be the reason (for)
 to say;  to utter;  to name;  to call;  to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping");  to make a noise
 only;  merely;  approximately;  about;  just (finished, etc.);  as if to;  (as though) about to
 face;  visage;  look;  expression;  honor;  honour
 sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.);  grieving;  lamenting;  deploring
 few;  a little;  scarce;  insufficient;  seldom
 certainly;  of course;  even if;  no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how);  without even;  without so much as;  at the (least, earliest, etc.)
 the present;  present time;  as of;  present tense;  this world;  this life
 with the exception of;  excepting;  excluding
 outside the country;  abroad
 dispatch;  despatch;  deployment;  temporary employee (esp. from an agency);  temporary worker;  agency temp
 indicates word or phrase being defined;  used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.);  with;  (not) as much as;  (not) so much as;  the fact that
 to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters);  to bundle;  to govern;  to manage;  to fold (one's arms);  to put together (one's hands)
 engine;  agency;  organisation;  system;  facility
 Bureau of Onmyō;  government office in charge of astronomical observations, divination and calendar making (under the ritsuryo system)
 by means of;  due to;  because of;  according to
 control;  management (e.g. of a business)
 whereabouts;  place where one is;  position;  location
 grasp;  catch;  understanding
 to be (of animate objects);  to exist;  to stay;  to be ...-ing;  to have been ...-ing
 permission;  approval;  authorization;  to permit;  to authorize
 to get;  to earn;  to understand;  to comprehend;  to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment);  to get (ill)
 voyage;  passage;  travelling
 to lose (something);  to mislay;  to get rid of;  to eliminate;  to remove