unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
to profit; to benefit (from); to benefit (someone or something); to be beneficial to; to make good use of; to take advantage of
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
occupation; taking and maintaining exclusive control (of a location)
of all people; a person of ...'s standing
to know; to be aware (of); to be acquainted (with); to think; to consider; to believe
gentle; mild; meek; tender
to take up one's residence
clearly evident; quite obvious; as clear as day; beyond any doubt; strikingly apparent
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
Chen (ancient Chinese state; approx. 1045-479 BCE); Ch'en; Chen dynasty (of China; 557-589 BCE); Ch'en dynasty
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
back and front; opposition in the heart
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to know; to understand; to (understand and) accept (a responsibility); to have a knowledge of (a skill, art, etc.); to have a command of
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
faulty statement; misleading statement; misunderstanding caused by a misleading statement
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
practical; actual; de facto; in essence; in all but name
prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
to cheat (someone out of); to swindle; to wangle; to wheedle; to get
mourning; mourning period; anniversary of one's death
Emperor Oujin; Oujin Tenno
ancestor spirit; ancestral soul; spirits of one's ancestors; collective ancestral spirit; (in Japanese folk belief) spirits of one's ancestors that have lost their individual identity and merged together
Amaterasu; sun goddess who is the ancestress of the Imperial House of Japan
to be descended from; to be drawn from (the tradition of); to be derived from; to follow the school (tradition) of
military family; warrior class