eastern part; the east (of a region)
(religious) faith; belief; creed
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
arms; weapons (of war); armor; armour
divine messenger; messenger of a god (esp. an animal messenger)
patriarch; head of a family
naming; giving a name; designation; nominal
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement
to crawl out of; to creep out of
dark brown; colour of tanned skin
national costume; (in) native dress
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line
dwelling; house; residence; address
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end; having no choice
head; chief; leader; the greatest of all; the most excellent
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
out of one's league; facing a too tough opponent; outclassed
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
pride; boast; credit (to)
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
many; much; plenty; hardly
mound; heap; hillock; burial mound; tomb; tumulus
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
English letter; alphabetic character
rough; casual (clothing); rough (of a golf course); rough sketch; rough draft
clothes made from jersey cloth; cutsew
cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold
base of the throat; bottom of the neck
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of