New Year's greetings or well-wishes offered by retainers to the Emperor
first cry of a newborn baby
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
pillow word; decorative word used prefixally in classical Japanese literature; preface; introduction
praise; tribute; inscription (on a painting)
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
as a god; as was done in the age of the gods
phrase used as an adjective
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
mutual relationship; interrelationship; interaction
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
to report to the Emperor; to play (musical instrument); to accomplish
verbal message; word (from someone)
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
millionaire; one's superior; one's elder; (arch.) virtuous and gentle person; (arch.) female owner of a whorehouse in a post town; (arch.) chief of a post town
ancient times (e.g. Heian and Nara periods in Japan); remote ages; early history; (nominal) retail price
declaration; proclamation; announcement
external; foreign (e.g. relations); public (e.g. image)
in range; within the limits (of...); within (a) range
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
hamlet; subunit of village; burakumin area
one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn
extension; elongation; prolongation; Enchō era (923.4.11-931.4.26)
to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
to be grounded on; to be based on; to be due to; to originate from
gathering; place where people gather; (arch.) police station; (arch.) camp; (arch.) barracks
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
face; looks; vestiges; trace
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
pleonasm; redundancy; tautology; kanji compound in which the same character is repeated
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
hypothesis; supposition; assumption