mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
hurrying (to somewhere); rushing; hastening; express (train)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
Yoshida Shouin (1830.9.20-1859.11.21)
Yamagata Aritomo (1838.6.14-1922.2.1)
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
God; god; ace; king; superior person
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
Shinto shrine precincts; holy precincts; sanctuary
to crouch; to squat; to cower
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
to become (a state, condition, etc.)
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
gods of the land; earthly deities
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
Japan; the (Japanese) empire
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to rank next to; to come after
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
any more; any further; any better; any longer
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to