to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
Ritsuryo period (mid 7th-10th centuries CE)
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
chasing out ogres; exterminating ogres
folk tale; folktale; folk story; folklore
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul
Japanese person; Japanese people
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
relation; connection; relevance
how many people; a number of people
pointing out; identification
generally; in general; widely; commonly; universally
to detest; to abhor; to loathe
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
ancestor; forefather; foremother
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case