Kawachi (former province located in the east of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
national border; provincial border
place; situation; position; location
Nara prefecture (Kinki area)
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
group; bunch; crowd; group
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
Shōtoku Taishi (574CE-627CE); Prince Shōtoku
(act of) building (temple, monument, etc.); erection
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
Vaisravana (guardian god of Buddhism)
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
(religious) faith; belief; creed
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
district; quarter; enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork; red-light district
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
remains; corpse; (dead) body
old enemy; longtime enemy; arch-enemy; traditional rival; longstanding foe
by means of; due to; because of; according to
daruma; tumbling doll; Bodhidharma; prostitute
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number