to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
your; indicates high rank or status; indicates love and respect (usu. for an older person)
to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
Kintarō; Golden Boy; Kintarō doll; diamond-shaped apron
traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...
upper reaches (of a river); upper stream; top; upper part; long ago; beginning; first
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous; to be absurd
kagura performance held somewhere other than the imperial palace
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to whirl (in the wind); to flutter (about); to swirl
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
to have a tendency; to be liable to; to have a touch of; to have a smack of
lady; madame; matron; (arch.) mistress (of a household); (arch.) housewife
service; ministry; attendance; offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with
Gifu Prefecture (Chūbu area)
clothes for a newborn baby; baby clothes
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
existing (between); interposition; intervention; involvement
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
stern; grave; austere; strict (e.g. security); severe; firm
grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment
mountain forest; forest on a mountain; forest land; mountains and forests
Thursday; wood (first of the five elements)
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
senior priest (serving under the chief priest and associate chief priest); priest (below chief priest and above junior priest); grasshopper; locust
Shinto priest; chief priest (of a Shinto shrine); Welsh onion
(main building of a) Shinto shrine
Lord; Highness; (arch.) you
elder sister; effeminate man
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
to call (by a name); to name
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
ancient time; age of the gods; mythological age; time before the ascension of Emperor Jimmu