decrease; reduction; decline
indescribable; having no way to express
one's house; one's home; one's family
softly; mildly; gently; politely
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
moderation; self-restraint; temperance
unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha
ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)
even if not; even without
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of
(political) power; authority; influence
fortune; riches; goods; incorporated foundation
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
optimism; taking an optimistic view
crown prince; Prince Shōtoku
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
to allot; to allocate; to supply with; to furnish; to fit to; to fasten to
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize