end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
three persons; three parties
relation; connection; relevance
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
Urashima Tarō; (a) Rip van Winkle; fairy-tale fisherman who, after visiting the underwater Palace of the Dragon King, returns centuries later
one's common name; one's popular name; alias; house name
collection of short Heian period tales in the form of poems
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
spread (of Buddhist teachings)
consequence; outcome; result; blame
similar instance; similar case; parallel case; analogy
Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Tarō (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)
general term; generic name
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
straw bag; sack; bale; counter for sacks (of rice, potatoes, coal, etc.)
light; lamp; counter for electric lights
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
Buddhist teachings; Buddhism
scriptural text; scriptures; sutras
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
popularization; popularisation
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
younger princess; Oto Hime; Princess of the Dragon Palace (from the story of Urashima Tarō)
princess; daughter of a nobleman
outside the country; abroad
sound of a word; sounds of speech; phoneme
(arch.) like that; (arch.) as such; yeah; uh-huh
new word; neologism; word of recent origin; recent word; modern term
adoption; selection; choice
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
ancient precepts; ancient teachings; old reading (of kanji or kanbun)
Shaku Nihongi (commentary on the Nihon Shoki compiled in the late 13th century)
true meaning; underlying principle
dictation; verbal statement