as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
participation; taking part; consultant; councillor; adviser
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
perversity; perverse person; antagonistic demon in Japanese folklore; demon under the feet of temple guardian statues
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
Rikkokushi (esp. Nihon-shoki)
Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters; Japan's oldest historical record
Man'yōshū (8th century anthology of Japanese poetry)
everything; for (to) everything; (in) anything
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
name; given name; first name
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
mimicry; imitation (of someone, something)
public entertainment; performing arts; accomplishments; attainments
kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play; kabuki performance; make-believe; ruse
joke; witticism; pleasantry; attempt at humour; attempt at humor
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
entertainment; performance
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries); (arch.) noh; (arch.) fooling around
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
opening; aperture (e.g. camera); opening one's mouth; beginning to speak; open; broad