sweet yuzu-flavoured steamed dumpling
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
insanity; an insane person
sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
divine possession; eccentric behavior; fanaticism
to shed light; to cast light
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
advance notice; previous note; preliminary announcement; trailer (film, TV); preview
defilement; impurity; object (perceived with the mind or the senses); one billionth
nothing but; none other than
cinnabar; vermillion; red pigment (and ink made from same); red text (as used to correct documents)
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
suddenly; all of a sudden
brightness; splendour; splendor
to die down (storm, anger, conflict, etc.); to calm down; to be at peace; to be governed well; to subside (of pain, symptoms, etc.); to be alleviated
change of key (during piece); modulation
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
occasional; infrequent; rare
dramatization; dramatisation
Nihon Shoki; Nihongi; Chronicles of Japan
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
older brother; elder brother
(arch.) straight; ordinary; common; doing nothing
subordination; dependency
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
Lord; Highness; (arch.) you
food of the mountains (wild game, mountain vegetables, mushrooms, etc.); fruits of the land
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
sea god; Poseidon; Neptune; sea; ocean
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like