legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to be helpful; to be useful
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
cooperation; collaboration
model; dummy; model (profession); fashion model; model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.); version; model (e.g. mathematical)
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
Okayama (city, prefecture)
at that time; in those days
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to commit a crime; to do evil
to challenge (a person) to a fight
Nihon Shoki; Nihongi; Chronicles of Japan
official history; authorized history
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
to differ; to vary; to disagree
explanation; interpretation
(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
home area; home town; local
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
in all ages; over the ages; forever and ever
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
good; goodness; right; virtue
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
remark; statement; discourse