ancient times; distant past; antiquity
tradition; folklore; legend; (verbal) message; word (from someone)
Emperor Kōshou; Kōshou Tenno
seven-to-three ratio; 70-30 split; 70-30 hair part; hairstyle with hair parted in a 70-30 ratio
(act of) building (temple, monument, etc.); erection
sunlight; sunshine; Nikkō (city in Tochigi); Suryaprabha (bodhisattva)
torii (Shinto shrine archway)
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
Shinto priest; Shinto priesthood
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
living by oneself; living alone
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
to lose; to miss; to forget; to be excessive
lease; leasehold; land-lease rights
to lend; to loan; to let out on hire
city planning; urban planning; town planning
Saitama (city, prefecture)
working for a company; being employed by a company
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
flair; flash; insight; flash (of inspiration, wit, etc.); waving (e.g. of a flag in the wind)
always hitting the bull's-eye; infallible
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
Great Kanto earthquake (1923)
with curious eyes; curiously
to parry; to sidestep; to dodge
prophet; predictor; prognosticator
prediction; prophecy; prognostication; (religious) prophecy
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
to not understand; to not (quite) know; to be unsure; to be unable to tell
person of common sense; common sense man
quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)
to find oneself in deep trouble; to be deep in the shit
heel (of a shoe); heel; bad guy; player of villain roles
therefore; for that reason; so; because of that
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
very important person; super star; super big shot