road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
(arch.) prisoner of war (Yayoi period); slaves
to present; to offer; to dedicate
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
presumption; assumption; estimation
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
Tottori prefecture (Chūgoku area)
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
upper reaches (of a river); upper stream; top; upper part; long ago; beginning; first
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
scar (e.g. from operation, injection); trace; mark (e.g. skid marks)
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane)
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
Sagami (former province located in present-day Kanagawa Prefecture)
Kazusa (former province located in the central part of present-day Chiba Prefecture)
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
Ototachibanahime (wife of Yamatotakeru, 12th Emperor of Japan)
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
Fukuoka (city, prefecture)
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
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 be transmitted (handed down) from generation to generation
dawn; daybreak; Tenmei era (1781.4.2-1789.1.25)
(water-filled) paddy field
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
neighboring countries; surrounding countries
ruler; monarch; sovereign