warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
reinforcement; strengthening
dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information; taking care not to be fooled
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); outriding; harbinger; herald; anticipation
terrain; geographical features; topography
inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
expression; presentation; representation; notation
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
to get angry; to lose one's temper
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
genuine; authentic; true; real
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
refutation; rebuttal; retort
it's tactless to state the obvious; that's best left unsaid
characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
import; importation; introduction; afferent
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
living in a group; communal living; community life
Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)
recorded in history; historical
ancient times (e.g. Heian and Nara periods in Japan); remote ages; early history; (nominal) retail price
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
exceedingly; extremely; very many; indeed
origin of a word; derivation of a word; etymology
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
Emperor Ingyou; Ingyou Tenno
Fire Rat (13th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1936, 1996, 2056)
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
the Snake (sixth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Serpent; hour of the Snake (around 10am, 9-11am, or 10am-12 noon); south-southeast; fourth month of the lunar calendar