to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
making provision for the elderly; making provision for one's old age; spending one's old age in comfort; Yōrō era (717.11.17-724.2.4)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
compilation (esp. dictionary, history, law code); editing
to raise; to record; to bring up (a matter); to serve (food); to send someone out
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
study; research; investigation
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
materials; data; document
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle
Emperor Temmu; Temmu Tenno (?-686 CE, reigning: 673-686 CE)
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
preface; foreword; introduction
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
emperor (of Japan); mikado
powerful family; powerful clan
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
address (e.g. opening or closing remarks); speech; ci (Chinese literary form); ancillary word
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to feel sorrow for
those (near the second person)
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to make (someone) learn; to be accustomed to ...; to be used to ...; to always ...
after that; afterwards; thereafter
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)