to bring; to take; to bring about
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
difference (of opinion); strange; odd; different
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
recommendation; endorsement
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
nature; natural constitution; innate disposition
makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
dignity; majesty; sanctity
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
difference; disparity; gap
one hundred years ago; a hundred year previously
stipulation; stating clearly; documenting in writing; stating explicitly
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters; Japan's oldest historical record
Nihon Shoki; Nihongi; Chronicles of Japan
description of regional climate, culture, etc.
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
compilation (esp. dictionary, history, law code); editing
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
not limited to; not just ...
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to