originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
Jōgen era (1207.10.25-1211.3.9); Shōgen era
correction; looking over; touching up
Kenryaku era (1211.3.9-1213.12.6)
Japanese medieval text that chronicles events of the Kamakura Shogunate
three lords (highest ranking officials in the old Imperial Chinese or Japanese governments)
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
Kanazawa (city in Ishikawa)
legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
Gunsho Ruiju (collection of Japanese classics sorted by type; orig. ed. 1819; comp. ed. 1911)
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
printed; published; noted or mentioned (in a publication)
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
18th day of the month; 18 days
original (document, copy, work, text, etc.); root; origin; source
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa); Japanese era name
copy; duplicate; facsimile; cc (on e-mails); carbon copy
personal opinion; selfishness
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
always; all the time; at all times; (at) any time; whenever (you like)
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
to (an extent); up to; there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...; even if there is no need to ... (at least ...)
Kamo no Mabuchi (1697-1769)
Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902)
Saitou Mokichi (1882-1953)
commencing with; including
large number (of); many; majority
discuss thoroughly; deal exhaustively with
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
poetic style typical of Man'yōshū
(profound) realization; awareness; one's faith being transmitted to a deity and one's wish then being granted; (arch.) obtaining (something) unexpectedly
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
literal (meaning; of a word, etc.)
established; existing; accomplished; accepted; completed