influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
doubting; questioning; being skeptical (of)
based on; built on; made from
Emperor Oujin; Oujin Tenno
(political) administration; political power
advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
Echizen (former province located in parts of present-day Fukui and Gifu prefectures)
Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
other; another; over; more than; I; me
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
journey; course; itinerary; stroke (of a piston); throw (of a switch)
to settle (in a place); to settle down
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
imperial mausoleum; Emperor's tomb; big hill
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
hypothesis (formed by comparison with other similar objects); identification
wall iris; roof iris; Iris tectorum; fleur-de-lis
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family; imperial Shinto shrine
abundant (grain) crop; good harvest
miraculous god; wonder-working god
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
to have a relationship; to have relations
such ... as; or some such
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
it is not (like that) either
to love (someone weaker than oneself); to be affectionate towards; to treat with tender loving care
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat