Emperor Go-Toba; Go-Toba Tenno (1180-1239 CE, reigning: 1183-1198 CE)
free ride (e.g. on train)
imperial command (decree); decree of cloistered emperor
dazaifu (under the ritsuryo system, governmental office with jurisdiction over Kyushu, Iki and Tsushima)
(arch.) dancing girl (end of the Heian period); prostitute; tempo in gagaku
aloes wood (Taxus cuspidata var. nana); aloes-wood perfume; aloes-wood incense
tracking down and killing; punitive expedition
commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians; great, unifying leader
Heike family; Taira family
cloistered emperor; ex-emperor who has become a monk
Tango (former province located in the north of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)
to go downhill; to go down a slope
priest soldier; warrior monk
great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
(work) hard; unceasingly; strenuously; assiduously; busily; ardently
helmet (of a warrior); headpiece
to tell; to announce; to declare; to pass (a sentence); to order
central figure; pillar (e.g. of the nation); chief; boss; master carpenter; beams and ridge supports of a roof
treat; banquet; feast; (arch.) running about
ho-ho-ho (e.g. Santa Claus)
to launch a surprise attack
Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari