wonder; miracle; amazement; prodigy
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
great war; great battle; world war
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
leader (of an alliance); leading power
to make; to make (something) what it should be; to cause to be
Shinto shrine precincts; holy precincts; sanctuary
genius; prodigy; natural gift
development; exploitation
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
compilation (esp. dictionary, history, law code); editing
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
(so marvelous or horrible that it may be) the first and probably the last
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
-less; lacking; non-existing
pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking
corolla (of flower); garland; wreath
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
I see; that's right; indeed
embodying; expressing concretely
action of making something; -ification
shiritori; word-chain game; word game in which players must give a word starting with the last syllable of the word given by the previous player
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
town; city; municipal; urban