to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
portable shrine (carried in festivals); palanquin; buttocks; lower back
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
contribution (to a temple, shrine, etc.); donation
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
birth; creation; formation
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
Toyo (former province located in present-day Ōita and Fukuoka prefectures; later split into Buzen and Bungo provinces); affluent country; rich country
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
name; given name; first name
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
execution by tying a victim to a post and stabbing with spears; crucifixion
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to serve; to work for; to attend
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
selection; choice; option