predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
future; prospects; outlook; journey ahead; distance yet to cover
the last days; the final years; the last generation
the same age; same period
sentimental; emotional; maudlin; mawkish
Emperor Ichijou; Ichijou Tenno (980-1011 CE, reigning: 986-1011 CE)
lady attendant; lady's maid; waiting maid
to become the focus of (attention, sympathy, hope, etc.)
inside the Imperial Palace; Department of the Imperial Household
to rule; to govern; to administer
keeper of imperial archives; worker skilled in the brewing of sake or soy sauce
to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
to spread (e.g. a rumour); to talk about (widely); to make fun of; to sing the praises of; to praise to the skies
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
ornamental crossed rafter ends on shrine gables
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
restless; on edge (and unable to concentrate); distracted; for some reason
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
hearsay; rumor; rumour; report
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to speak; to hear a voice
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
fasting; abstinence; confinement to one's house on an unlucky day
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
ennui; boredom; listlessness; languor
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being