great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
beginning; outset; first; onset
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
return to secular life; secularization; secularisation
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
to refuse; to reject; to deny
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
while; during; while; although; all; both
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
adds force or indicates command
to care for someone; to look after someone
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
at that time; in those days
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
Kiyomi orange (Citrus unshiu sinensis); type of tangor (tangerine-orange hybrid)