making provision for the elderly; making provision for one's old age; spending one's old age in comfort; Yōrō era (717.11.17-724.2.4)
Shinsen Shouji Roku (Newly Compiled Record of Clan Names; 815 CE)
shoji (paper sliding door)
clans supposedly descended from the imperial family
another or separate order
Emperor Seimu; Seimu Tenno
greens; vegetables; rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
to flow down; to run down
to own; to receive; to understand
people belonging to a hereditary occupation group (Yamato period)
high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family; imperial Shinto shrine
to present; to offer; to dedicate
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
agreement; coincidence; correspondence; conformity
by means of; due to; because of; according to
Shaku Nihongi (commentary on the Nihon Shoki compiled in the late 13th century)
true meaning; underlying principle
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
piece; fragment; one (object)
to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature
calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility
anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago
Emperor Ingyou; Ingyou Tenno
reign of an emperor of Japan
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
underhand grip; backhand grip (e.g. in tennis); unexpected twist; turning the tables (on an opponent)
stroke (of a kanji, etc.)
dominion; territory; possession
temple (esp. large one); monastery; temple building
clanging; empty; deserted
landowner; landlord; landlady
Emperor Temmu; Temmu Tenno (?-686 CE, reigning: 673-686 CE)
borrowing a light (e.g. for a cigarette); borrowed light
hereditary disposition; temperament; nature; (arch.) body build
excerpt; extract; annotation; shō (unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml)
(arch.) large river (esp. the Yangtze); Lake Biwa
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense