commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians; great, unifying leader
participation in government; state councillor (in the ritsuryo system); state councilor; vice-minister (early Meiji period); Cabinet Councillor (1937-1943); Cabinet Councilor
Hayagriva; Horsehead (tantric Buddhist deity)
to relate; to narrate; to describe; to confer (a rank)
jue (ancient 3-legged Chinese wine pitcher, usu. made of bronze); peerage (hereditary title bestowed by the emperor)
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
to be undeserved; to be more than one deserves; to be more than one can handle
unable to understand (reason, motive, etc.)
distrust; unjust suspicion
government service; the bureaucracy
twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days
old precedent; tradition; custom
sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries); (arch.) noh; (arch.) fooling around
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
successive generations; successive emperors
literary and military arts; the pen and the sword
splendid; magnificent; gorgeous
the good and the beautiful
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
celebration of a child's seventh day
to obey; to submit to; to serve (in the army, a prison sentence, etc.); to go into (mourning); to observe; to take (medicine, poison, etc.)
lieutenant general; vice-shogun
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
eagerly; earnestly; ardently
construction; establishment
fourth day of the month; four days
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally
nation's times of peace and war, rise and fall
ash; embers; complete destruction