Emperor Temmu; Temmu Tenno (?-686 CE, reigning: 673-686 CE)
indisposition; emperor's illness; unhappiness
cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless
miraculous efficacy; miracle; miraculous virtue
grim; stern; stark; heartless
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
sensitiveness; sensitivity; delicacy (e.g. of feeling)
Bhaishajyaguru triad; image of Bhaishajyaguru Buddha flanked by the Bodhisattvas Suryaprabha and Candraprabha
casting; founding; minting
lord of a manor; estate steward
mine tunnel; mine shaft; mineshaft
carrying a disease-causing agent; carrying a pathogen
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
Shuchō era (686.7.20-686.12.?); Suchō era; Akamitori era
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
Kiyomi orange (Citrus unshiu sinensis); type of tangor (tangerine-orange hybrid)
Empress Jitou; Jitou Tenno (645-702 CE, reigning: 690-697 CE)
accession to the throne; enthronement
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
Water Boar (60th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1923, 1983, 2043)
court noble; nobility; three lords and nine ministers (of the ancient Chinese government)
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
eye; eyeball; (arch.) pupil and (dark) iris of the eye; (arch.) insight; (arch.) perceptivity; (arch.) look
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
craftsman; artisan; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
literary and military arts; the pen and the sword
(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
three generations; three periods; third generation
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
Empress Gemmei; Gemmei Tenno (661-721 CE, reigning: 707-715 CE)
old capital; former capital
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
(arch.) exposure; (arch.) clarity; exoteric Buddhism; public Buddhist teachings
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
Hakuho period (esp. used as a period of art history, approx. 645-710 CE)
flowers budding; blooming; flowering; showing results; becoming popular; blooming
gushing out; welling up; springing up