in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
head; chief; leader; the greatest of all; the most excellent
selfish; self-indulgent; arbitrary
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
early (days); initial stage; initial
youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new
punishment (of an enemy); chastisement
winding; zigzag; meandering; sheep intestines
arrows and stones; battlefield; war
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
Tenryaku era (947.4.22-957.10.27)
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
occupation; calling; livelihood
recent past; recent times; early modern period (from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the end of the Edo period)
provincial governor (under the ritsuryo system, any of a group of officials, esp. the director)
civil administration; Bunji era (1185.8.14-1190.4.11)
military preparation; armaments; defenses; defences
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
prize winner; pennant winner; victor
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with
to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
counter for rules; rule; regulation
imperial virtue; heavenly virtue; greatest virtue; highest virtue
devote oneself to; to do as one pleases; to act selfishly
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
prosperity; prospering; flourishing; best of luck; all the best; hurray
to rub; to scrub; to scrape; to draw near; to press