birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
competing; competition; auction
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
arbor; arbour; suffix forming the final part of the pseudonyms of some writers and performers; suffix forming the final part of the name of a restaurant
government office; agency; board
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
should; must; -able; probably; likely
behind; in the rear; in back
(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
those (near the second person)
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
becoming firmly established; putting down strong roots; exercising authority; being dominant; settling in a coiled shape
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
the same; the said; likewise
permanence; perpetuity; Chōkyū era (1040.11.10-1044.11.24)
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
placed one upon another; piled up; excellent; splendid; superimposition; superposition
byway; side street; cross street; wrong way; digression
that's the way it is; such is life
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
barrier; checkpoint; gateway; hurdle; obstacle; trial
fortress; stronghold; citadel
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
peerless; matchless; unparalleled; unrivalled; unequalled; incomparable
hostile party; enemy side
book; volume; this; present; main; head