workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
speech; expression; wording; language
as usual; as is one's habit
fortune-telling; divination
daily food; regular diet; staple food
to join together; to sum up; to combine; to unite; to mix; to agree with
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
foolish thing; stupid thing; absurdity
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
fold; crease; pleat; manners; courtesy; responsible behavior (behaviour)
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
foreign trade; external trade
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
self-defense; self-defence
here and there; everywhere
former property; former territory
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
sphere; counter for balls
Shoku Nihongi (second of the six classical Japanese history texts)
mysterious turtle (an omen of good luck); Reiki era (715.9.2-717.11.17)
first year (of an imperial era); year something (important) first happened or began
leading; guiding; commanding
arriving in Japan; visiting Japan
indigenous person; inhabitant of a country; local; native; local lords and samurai; daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
as much as possible; as far as possible; to the best of one's abilities