Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
the heavens; the skies; heaven; deva realm; ascending to heaven; death
Nihon Shoki (second oldest work of Japanese history, compiled in 720 CE); Nihongi; Chronicles of Japan
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
particularly; only; in the case of
to cheat (someone out of); to swindle; to wangle; to wheedle; to get
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
true meaning; underlying principle
clean; clear; pure; honest; clean
Hinameshinomiko (imperial prince)
Lord; Highness; (arch.) you
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
imperial court; royal court
high and low (social standing)
afterlife; the next world; the world beyond
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
in the same way; like; likewise; similarly
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama; Fuji-san
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
extermination; elimination; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); curing (an illness)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
way (of doing); manner; method; means
wonderful; splendid; magnificent; exceeding; incredible; remarkable
poverty; penury; want; (arch.) insufficiency; (arch.) shortage; (arch.) deficiency
orpiment (yellow mineral, or the pigment derived from it); gamboge (tree resin, or the dull yellow pigment derived from it); falsification; alteration
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
oracle; revelation; divine message
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses