gods and Buddha; Shinto and Buddhism
director (of the provincial governors under the ritsuryo system)
depending on the circumstances; due to (with modifying verb)
careful; cautious; wary; watchful; vigilant; prudent
premeditated murder; deliberate murder; willful murder; wilful murder
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
remarkable; striking; brilliant; splendid; spectacular; wonderful
safety; welfare; well-being
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
acquaintance; making someone's acquaintance
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
end (e.g. of report, document, paragraph, etc.)
(for) how many days; what day (of the month)
comparatively; relatively
leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairman; presenter; host
man and horse; rider and horse; centaur
fiftieth day after the birth of a child; fifty days
footpath between rice fields
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
Hōki (former province located in the central and western parts of present-day Tottori Prefecture)
Tango (former province located in the north of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)
high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine
Okayama (city, prefecture)
anticipation; expectation; plan; preparation
more and more; increasingly; extremely; very
chief; main; principal; important
another; different; something else
to have a reason; to have an excuse
to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily