celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
superior; first-class; excellent; (that's) just fine!; bring it on!
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
Nihon Kōki (third of the six classical Japanese history texts)
Shoku Nihongi (second of the six classical Japanese history texts)
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to stop; to quit; to put an end to
to pass (of time); to elapse
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
Kawachi (former province located in the east of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
left utterly helpless (e.g. by a curt reply or refusal); have no one to turn to; unapproachable
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
capturing alive (an animal or person); something captured alive
to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account
suppression; repression; subjugation
looks (esp. of a woman); features; ability; capability; (public) estimation (esp. of a man); credit
tying up; restraint; restriction; arrest
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
three times; thrice; third (musical interval)
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
God; god; ace; king; superior person
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize