to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
government service; the bureaucracy
wild fox; (arch.) mythical fox spirit capable of possessing people
to rank with; to rank among
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
head; chief; leader; the greatest of all; the most excellent
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); to spare (time, money, etc.)
union; coalescence; amalgamation; copulation; penetration
great-great-grandchild; fourth-generation descendant
reviewing stand; box; gallery
the Kojiki and Nihon-shoki
notes; comment; remark; annotation
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
approval; adoption (of a motion, bill, etc.); passage
crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
kanji used to represent syllables, based on their "on" readings (prior to the advent of kana)
love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
Baekje (ancient Korean kingdom; 18 BCE-660 CE); Paekche
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor
both hands; both arms; ten
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
hereditary occupational group (Yamato period)
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
abbreviation; omission; outline; gist; plan; strategy
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
execution by tying a victim to a post and stabbing with spears; crucifixion
capital punishment; death penalty; maximum penalty; ultimate punishment