protuberance; projection; prominence; protrusion; bump; boss
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; Heian period (794-1185)
middle period; medium-term
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
coming flying in (of migratory birds, airborne sand, etc.); coming by airplane
miraculous god; wonder-working god
rule; reign; government; governing
human speech; human language; sound of people talking
to understand; to appreciate; to interpret
squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae); Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
charm; attractiveness; courtesy; ingratiating behaviour; entertainment; amusement
lost; loss; to lose (something)
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
Emperor Jimmu; Jimmu Tenno
oppression; suppression; pressure
ascetic; pilgrim; devotee
to flee; to take flight; to be ruined; to go down in the world; to settle down (e.g. in one location)
viewing and treating as one; regarding as the same; equating one thing with another; identification
the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki (earliest historical records of Japan)
Yomotsu Hirasaka (slope that leads to the land of the dead)
by the way; meanwhile; on the other hand; by extension
Hokuriku region (of Honshu; incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
Mount Haku (mountain on the border of Ishikawa and Gifu Prefectures); Hakusan
military forces; army; troops; number of soldiers
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity
Queen Mother of the West (an ancient Chinese goddess)
Huang Di (The Yellow Emperor; legendary emperor of China)
two places; two spots; two locations; two parts; two passages
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)