(arch.) sky; cloud; distant place; high place; imperial court
temporary; transient; trifling; trivial; careless; perfunctory
to rule; to govern; to reign over; to subdue; to suppress; to quell
samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); being immersed in; being absorbed in; prone to; apt to
shape; form; security; collateral; obverse of an old zeni coin
Emperor Go-Murakami; Go-Murakami Tenno (1328-1368 CE, reigning: 1339-1368 CE)
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
all-night vigil over a body; wake
Emperor Chōkei; Choukei Tenno (1343-1394 CE, reigning: 1368-1383 CE)
frequent; densely packed; thick
to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life; to make a living; to earn a livelihood; to spend one's time (doing); to pass one's days (doing)
to take (someone) along; to bring along; to be accompanied by
ninefold; imperial palace; the Court
tower; stand; pedestal; calyx
stormy weather; tempest; chaps (of skin)
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
resignation; seventy years of age
first place; first rank; units position (of a number)
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
Hitachi (former province located in the major part of present-day Ibaraki Prefecture)
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid
the emperor's personal inspection
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
the Emperor's command; private message from an emperor
-like; pseudo-; imitation; counterfeit; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism
personal selection (esp. of a defense lawyer); private selection (e.g. of poetry)
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
in accordance with; pursuant to; in proportion to; according to; in the same manner as; in the same way as
just; fair; proper; reasonable
maid of honor; maid of honour; lady-in-waiting
Kenmu Restoration (1333-1336)
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
return to secular life (of a monk); secularization; secularisation
common name; popular name; secular name; bad reputation
Tōtōmi (former province located in the west of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
Etchū (former province located in present-day Toyama Prefecture)
in the sentence; in the text; Bunchū era (of the Southern Court; 1372.4.?-1375.5.27)