bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
counter for birds or rabbits
cloistered emperor; ex-emperor who has become a monk
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
person of paramount authority; supreme wielder of power
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
Emperor Go-Shirakawa; Go-Shirakawa Tenno (1127-1192 CE, reigning: 1155-1158 CE)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
Sutokujōkou (1119.7.7-1164.9.14) (retired emperor)
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
emperor (of Japan); mikado
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
retired emperor; ex-emperor; former emperor; emperor emeritus
nobility; aristocracy; peerage
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
victory or defeat; outcome (of a game, battle, etc.)
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
about; on; regarding; per; for every
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
Heike family; Taira family
Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family
family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables