country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
laborer (labourer); construction worker; coolie
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
action of making something; -ification
(arch.) like that; (arch.) as such; yeah; uh-huh
Silla (ancient Korean kingdom; 57 BCE-935 CE)
addition; increase; Canada
lightweight fabric or clothing; silk gauze; thin silk; Latin (language)
Baekje (ancient Korean kingdom; 18 BCE-660 CE); Paekche
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
the people; citizens; the populace
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
incense variety used in kōdō (orig. from Thailand)
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
conquest; subjugation; overcoming
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
race (of people); type of person
Sandai Jitsuroku (sixth of the six classical Japanese history texts)
visit (from abroad); introduction (from abroad); importation
merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria
naturalization; naturalisation
Emperor Chuuai; Chuuai Tenno
to cramp up; to tighten; to be insistent; to persist (in one's opinion); to act tough; to bluff; to prop up (e.g. with a post)
main body (of an army); main force; these troops
Qin dynasty (of China; 221-207 BCE); Ch'in dynasty
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
sericulture; silkworm culture; silkworm raising
engineering works; civil engineering; public works
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries); (arch.) noh; (arch.) fooling around
form of ancient Chinese entertainment similar to a circus (brought to Japan during the Nara period)
old Japanese court music; gagaku