Fujiwara No Tadazane (1078-1162)
Fujiwara No Tadamichi (1097-1164)
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
Hōen era (1135.4.27-1141.7.10)
Fujiwara No Yorinaga (1120-1156.8.1)
Kasuga Grand Shrine (in Nara)
man with a gentle nature; man of delicate features; man of slender build; effeminate man; feeble man
exceeding what one had heard; beyond one's expectations
dissolute priest; depraved monk; ferocious warrior monk
police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods)
to wheedle a person into doing something; to carry a portable shrine
(arch.) dancing girl (end of the Heian period); prostitute; tempo in gagaku
imperial bridal party's entry into the court
north face; north side; the north; facing north
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1885-1945); Minister of the Interior (669-1868)
even without doing; even without being
to become famous; to make a name for oneself
ferocious; fierce; audacious; impudent; shameless
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
the Empress, the Empress Dowager and the Grand Empress Dowager; emperor's second consort; empress; palace of the empress; building of a Shinto shrine built on middle ground; demesne of the imperial palace
mountain cherry (Cerasus jamasakura)
for that very reason; that is exactly why ...; as expected; just as one thought; sure enough
this one; this way; this method
going west; heading westward
girl; young (unmarried) woman
Heike family; Taira family
retired emperor; ex-emperor; former emperor; emperor emeritus
Kazusa (former province located in the central part of present-day Chiba Prefecture)
daffodil (esp. Narcissus tazetta var. chinensis); narcissus
the Analects of Confucius (one of the Four Books)