first generation; founder
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
successive generations; successive emperors
daring and resolute; having dauntless courage
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
not yet known; unknown; strange
to go along; to walk along; to follow
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
temple; sacred place; shrine; sanctuary; tabernacle
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
to govern; to manage; to subdue
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
to spread; to be propagated
God; god; ace; king; superior person
divine work; miracle; superhuman feat; (arch.) Shinto ritual
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
to turn towards; to point
to serve; to work for; to attend
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
in use; occupied (e.g. toilet); engaged
very; much; greatly; a lot of
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
expression in writing; written representation; notation; writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face