entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
cultivated fields; countryside
common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
to attack; to destroy; to defeat; to conquer; to avenge
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
straw bag; sack; bale; counter for sacks (of rice, potatoes, coal, etc.)
historical event; ancient event; tradition; folklore; legend
fundoshi; loincloth; kimono underskirt; wrestler's ornamental apron
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
remote region; outlying district; border district; frontier
people; citizens; subjects; folk
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
error; mistake; slip; bug
last years; closing years; last days; closing days; end; last stage
to come near (to); to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to reach (a stage, period, etc.); to overhang; to hang over
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
Sugawara no Michizane (845-903)
the oppressed; downtrodden people
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; difference
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
genuine; authentic; true; pure
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
successive generations; successive emperors
little by little; bit by bit
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
the ancients; ancient people
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
10,000; ten thousand; 10^4
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
to pile up; to accumulate