one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
irregular; undisciplined; disorganized; disorganised; slipshod
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
to write down; to record; to register
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
ancient time; age of the gods
woman; lady; adult female
resonance; sympathy (with a view, idea, etc.)
in contrast to ...; unlike ...; while ...; whereas ...
ugly woman; unattractive woman
zun (ancient Chinese wine vessel, usu. made of bronze); (arch.) honorific prefix referring to the listener; counter for buddhas
Ninigi no Mikoto (Japanese deity, grandson of Amaterasu)
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
homely woman; plain-looking woman; female demon
eternal; unlimited; endless
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
older sister; elder sister
conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
cone (e.g. pine, hemlock)
to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)
inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
Okuninushi; deity of magic and medicine later viewed as equivalent to Daikokuten and celebrated at Izumo Grand Shrine
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but