poverty; penury; want; (arch.) insufficiency; (arch.) shortage; (arch.) deficiency
self-; from ...; this ... (in contrast to some other ...); aforementioned
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
inspection (esp. of a document); stamp of approval (for a document)
Edo period inspection of rice plants
national crisis; national disaster
patriot devoted to the salvation of his country
nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable
in the earth; in the ground; underground
innumerable; countless; numberless
white (bleached) bone; skeleton
bridge (of a koto, etc.); cylinder; prism
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
story; tale; talk; discussion
near one's knee; (by) one's side; (at) one's hand; place under the protection (of one's parents, etc.); (under) the care (of); territory of a powerful person
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
profound; deep; grave; solid; dignified; stately
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
provincial capital (under the ritsuryo system); provincial office; public place of imperial rule
whereabouts; address; place of temporary residence
point worthy of note; highlight; high point; good prospects for the future; promise
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
ekayana (doctrine that only one teaching, usu. the Lotus Sutra, can lead to enlightenment)
to consider (all the circumstances); to bear (a number of things) in mind
(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam
Shimōsa (former province located in parts of present-day Chiba, Ibaraki, Saitama and Tokyo prefectures)
stinging hair (of a nettle, caterpillar, etc.)
rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
cultivating new land; clearing; reclamation
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
to bear in mind; to keep remembering; to note
main building (of a villa, palace, etc.)
not only ... but (also); as well as ...
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for