Fujiwara No Tadazane (1078-1162)
Fujiwara No Yorinaga (1120-1156.8.1)
pilgrimage to the three main Kumano shrines
kami of the three main Kumano shrines
Three Main Kumano Shrines (Kumano Hongu Taisha, Kumano Nachi Taisha, Kumano Hayatama Taisha)
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic
to be recognized (by someone of higher status); to be noticed; to get attention
line of regents and advisers (advisors)
long time (since the last time); first in a long time
travelling on foot; traveling on foot; travelling all over
dancer (esp. a bugaku dancer)
story; topic (on everyone's lips); (the stuff of) legend
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1885-1945); Minister of the Interior (669-1868)
changing one's clothes; (arch.) lady court attendant
mistress; kept woman; concubine; (arch.) close female servant
Enryaku era (782.8.19-806.5.18)
Wakayama prefecture (Kinki area)
Hayagriva; Horsehead (tantric Buddhist deity)
severe; harsh; rigorous; trenchant; scathing; sharp
the other day; some time ago; recently
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
The Tale of the Heike; Heike Monogatari
Heike family; Taira family
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
easy to deal with; easily manageable; tractable; malleable
building (a temple, palace, etc.); construction; erection
Muromachi period (1333-1573)
grand shrine; famous shrine; Izumo Grand Shrine
cloistered emperor; ex-emperor who has become a monk
watching (esp. during an emergency); being on alert; guard; watchmen
grumbling; muttering; nonsense
(main building of a) Shinto shrine
keeping house; being confined to one's house