black with hints of blue (as in a bruise); bluish black
high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family; imperial Shinto shrine
(Japanese) empress; queen
conquest of the three Koreas (legendary military invasion of the Korean kingdoms; 3rd century CE)
Kumamoto prefecture (Kyushu)
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
Chikuzen (former province located in the west of present-day Fukuoka Prefecture)
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
Man'yōshū (8th century anthology of Japanese poetry)
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
too much; excessively; too
within the jurisdiction of
Fukuoka prefecture (Kyushu)
stone which is worshipped; image of a god in stone
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
novel; original; striking; strange; eccentric; fantastic
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
hand drilling (to start a fire); hand drill; rubbing sticks to make a fire
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
(arch.) mourning clothes; mourning; period of mourning
miscellany (classification of Japanese poetry unrelated to the seasons or to love)
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria
Ise pilgrimage; pilgrimage to the Ise Grand Shrine; Ise pilgrim
drawstring purse; money pouch; pouch of fried tofu stuffed with var. ingredients, used in oden; (arch.) unlicensed prostitute (Edo period)
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
towering; astonishingly high
Chikugo (former province located in the south of present-day Fukuoka Prefecture)
to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
old age; old person; the old; the aged
(main building of a) Shinto shrine
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)