to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
oath; vow; pledge; covenant
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
Kagutsuchi; fire deity who burned to death his mother Izanami during childbirth (and was therefore beheaded by his father Izanagi)
work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique
high rice field; very fertile rice field
selfish; self-indulgent; arbitrary
Susanoo (deity, younger brother to Amaterasu); Susanoo-no-Mikoto
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
Amaterasu; sun goddess who is the ancestress of the Imperial House of Japan
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
god; deity; god-tier; incredible; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
Izanagi; male deity who fathered Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
rule; reign; government; governing
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to entrust (to someone); to leave (in someone's hands)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
to wail; to bawl; to cry loudly; to shout (while crying)
emergency; extreme; great; extraordinary
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
God; god; deity; ace; king; superior person
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
mountain; hill; mine; (mountain) forest; heap; pile; protruding or high part of an object
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
river; stream; River; the ... river
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to dry up; to parch; to ebb away