country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
heavenly king; Gozu Tenno (deity said to be the Indian god Gavagriva)
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
large crowd; mass of people
contribution (to a temple, shrine, etc.); donation
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
remote ancestor; forefather
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
bass range (in Japanese music); six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)
profitable; worn-out; crumbling
(many) years; long-standing (esp. hatred, grudge); ancient
grant; bestowal; giving something to someone of low social standing (by a person of very high social standing)
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
cigarette; cig; smoke; fag
characteristic; feature; idiosyncrasy; spot color (in printing)
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
daybreak; dawn; gray of the morning (grey); dawn (of a new age)
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance
pioneer; trailblazer; leader; groundbreaker; pathfinder; forerunner
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
admiration; wonder; astonishment
to mask oneself; to lie down
to feel uneasy; to worry (about something)
systematization; systematisation; organization; organisation
clear; precise; definite; distinct
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
Bizen (former province located in the southeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life
deep knowledge; attainments; scholarship
Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)
trailing dust; dust left by someone running ahead
to bow; to worship; to receive; to see
to be muddy; to be slushy
thug; hooligan; ruffian; (arch.) spy
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)