opinion; point of view; visual point
clear; precise; definite; distinct
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
both; both sides; both parties
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
originally; by nature; from the start
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
notes; comment; remark; annotation
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
now; the present time; just now; another; more
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
additional; extraordinary; outside the norms; special case
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
Motoori Norinaga (1730-1801)
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
superiority; predominance
pointing out; identification
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
river; stream; River; the ... river
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
all things in nature; the whole creation
this world; this life; world of the living
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
this is why; this means; it is the case that
Kagutsuchi; fire deity who burned to death his mother Izanami during childbirth (and was therefore beheaded by his father Izanagi)