old Japanese court music; gagaku
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume
eloquence; oratorical talent
Mouri Motonori (1839-1896)
bone; firm; uncompromising
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
Gentoku era (1329.8.29-1331.8.9)
favour; favor; warm friendship
overpower; subdue; keep down
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
draw; tie; quits; even; square
drill; gimlet; awl; auger
fanatic; fanatic believer; zealot
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
local specialty; special product (of a region)
straight-forwardness; honesty; purity
cart-horse; work-horse; doing something wholeheartedly; doing with one's undivided attention
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
the five continents; Asia, Africa, Europe, America and Australia; Asia, Africa, Europe, North America and South America
excellent opinions and theories
to smash violently; to crush
establishment; founding; setting (a record)
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
nowadays; these days; at present
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
thunderous; rumbling; thunderously; rumblingly
younger pupil (of the same master); younger disciple; junior member