to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
crucian carp (Carassius spp.)
after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick
to take great pains; to make every effort; to rack one's brains; to be concerned; to worry
good; goodness; right; virtue
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy (logic)
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
outstandingly; extraordinarily; exceptionally
to value; to prize; to honor; to respect
fish of the genus Rhinogobius; dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus); common freshwater goby (Gymnogobius urotaenia); Japanese fluvial sculpin (fish, Cottus pollux)
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
flour; meal; powder; dust
to slander; to libel; to criticize; to criticise
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
struggle (for); scramble; contest
mask; disguise; guise; mask
abundant (grain) crop; good harvest
military family; warrior class
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
there's nothing that doesn't exist; there's nothing we (I, he, she, etc.) don't have; nonexistent; not in one's possession
august (in ref. to the emperor or the gods); imperial; divine
(another's) spirit; God's heart or spirit; Lord's will
camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora); camphorwood; camphor laurel
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing
Commentary on the Kojiki (by Motoori Norinaga, 1798)