storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story
being in the middle; being impartial; standing between two things
China and North Korea; Chinese-North Korean; imperial court; Imperial Court (of Japan); middle ages
unavoidable; inevitable; cannot be helped; of necessity
main point; main object; chief purpose; core; gist; essence
notes; comment; remark; annotation
historical view; historical insight
Nihon Shoki; Nihongi; Chronicles of Japan
depending on the ...; to depend on the ...
worry; agony; vexation; illness; sickness
to realize; to realise; to hit upon something
Nihon Shoki; Nihongi; Chronicles of Japan
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; auxiliary; subsidiary
counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
start of a course; start of lectures; opening of a new course; offering a course (for the first time)
of established reputation; fully established; (universally) recognized; acknowledged; leading
precocity; early ripening; premature development
surface of a board or record
pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji); way of reading (out loud); interpretation (e.g. of a text); reading
standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (in go); standard sequence (esp. in a corner); standard move
family working in the forest industry; forestry family
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
offensive (movement); aggression
prevailing view; common opinion; commonly accepted theory
on the board (shogi, go, etc.)