important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
just now; right now; at this moment
exemplar; model; example; pattern
Emperor Jinmu; legendary founding Emperor of Japan
(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight); I; me
name of a god; name of a shrine
Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters; Japan's oldest historical record
meeting; greeting; welcome
Sarutahiko (Shinto god); Sarudahiko; Sarutabiko; Sarudabiko
command; order; dictation; nth year in the Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-)
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
Wamyōruijushō (famous Heian-period Japanese dictionary)
native Japanese reading of a Chinese character; precept; lesson; one's teachings
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
Department of Divinities (1868-1871); (arch.) Department of Worship (under the ritsuryo system)
ceremony; celebration; law code
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
Engi-Shiki (set of ancient Japanese governmental regulations)
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
toleration; magnanimity; comprehension
maintain; retain; continue
words read by the priest in a Shinto purification rite
Gleanings from Ancient Stories (Inbe no Hironari, 807 CE); historical record from the Inbe clan
archaic word; obsolete word; old saying; old adage; old language; ancient language
pair; two kinds; two ways
skewer; spit; skewering; impalement; running through (e.g. with spear)
skewer; spit; skewering; impalement; running through (e.g. with spear)
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
infringement; violation; invasion; encroachment; trespass
difference; variation; difference
Rikkokushi (esp. Nihon-shoki)
Emperor Keikou; Keikou Tenno
imperial decree; imperial edict
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
(arch.) warrior from the eastern parts of Japan; eastern barbarians; people east of China (from the perspective of China)
father and child; father and son; father and daughter
norito read at a great purification event
after ages; posterity; future life; the next world
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
ritual prayer; invocation of the gods participating in a rite; congratulatory address