intimacy; friendship; familiarity
pre-war days; before the war
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
portrait; likeness; picture
hereditary system; hereditary succession
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
keeping alive longer; prolonging life; life extension; life-support
continued luck in the fortunes of war
prime minister; premier; chancellor
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
a pair (of shoes or socks)
footwear; footgear; shoes
main shrine; inner sanctuary
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
arrival in Japan; coming to Japan; visit to Japan
child of a different mother
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
investiture of the Crown Prince
death (of a nobleman, Imperial family member, etc.); demise
interior of the womb (of a pregnant woman); interior of the uterus; interior of a Buddhistic statue
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
royal line; royal descendants
something; some kind of; for some reason
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
conception; fertilization; fertilisation
to some extent; to a certain extent
Harima Fudoki (description of the culture, climate, etc. of Harima province; 715 CE)
Imperial tour; royal progress
cultivating new land; clearing; reclamation
too many to count; too numerous to mention
flag; pataka (banner); banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing