fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
the relation of master to servant
time convention; way of dividing day into hours; hour system
strength and weakness; (degree of) strength; stress (of a sound); loudness
mysterious turtle (an omen of good luck); Jinki era (724.2.4-729.8.5); Shinki era
Emperor Mommu; Mommu Tenno (683-707 CE, reigning: 697-707 CE)
this world; present world (as opposed to the realm of the dead)
nirmanakaya (response body, form taken by a buddha according to the capabilities of those who are to be saved)
imperial grandchild or descendant
inflecting dependent word (in Japanese); bound auxiliary; auxiliary verb (in languages other than Japanese)
disclosure; exposure; revelation
enemy territory; hostile place
to compete; to vie; to make fight against another (person, animal); to pit against; to debate; to argue
ominous word; ill-omened word; misfortune
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
offense and defense; offence and defence; batting and fielding
function; facility; faculty; feature
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
fortune-telling; divination
to tan (i.e. suntan); to burn
crack; fissure; rift; split; chaps; skin fissure
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
to talk; to carry meaning
end; tip; extremities; terminal
taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment
even if; even though; however; no matter how
to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)
comprehension; understanding; enlightenment; spiritual awakening; satori
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
hearthfire; ingle; open fire in a fireplace
stealthily; secretly; in secret
allegorical form (of waka)