to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
emperor; ruler (with a heavenly mandate); heavenly being; celestial being
overlooking; looking down at; having an overhead view; having a bird's-eye view; having a high-angle view
armed might; military power; the sword; force
Kibi (former province located in present-day Okayama and parts of Hiroshima, Hyōgo and Kagawa prefectures; later split into Bizen, Bitchu and Bingo provinces)
defilement; impurity; object (perceived with the mind or the senses); one billionth
counter for wheels and flowers
with these words; while saying
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
mountain ascetic; practitioner of Shugendō
spell; charm; incantation; magic words
to be insolent; to be arrogant; to be impudent; to be rude
custom; common practice; habit
atrocious; heinous; fiendish; brutal; vicious
naturalized citizen; naturalised citizen; immigrant to ancient Japan from China or Korea
galley (tray); galley proof
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
pride; boast; credit (to)
to appoint; to nominate; to consider (oneself) to be; to pose as; to assume (a role, responsibility, etc.); to take on
living; life; judo art of resuscitation; action; activity
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
surname; family name; last name
visit (to a religious site, e.g. shrine, temple, grave)
leader; pioneer; guide; leader (in Shugendō)
job; work; duties; trade; skill
prince of royal blood; Imperial prince
business trip; official trip
attendant; valet; altar boy; acolyte
group; party; team; organization; organisation; association
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competition in which there are several evenly matched participants; hotly contested game (match, market, etc.)
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (of letters)
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
migration; move; emigration; immigration
to be generally accepted; to be acknowledged by oneself and others
feng (male Chinese firebird)
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (e.g. last month); for (e.g. 20 years)
Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)