Fujiwara No Tadazane (1078-1162)
Fujiwara No Tadamichi (1097-1164)
being the sole winner; winner-take-all
according to one's abilities; appropriate; reasonable
Ninpei era (1151.1.26-1154.10.28)
great scholar; savant; polymath
to pass judgment (judgement); to make a decision
burial mound for severed heads
unfilial son; undutiful son; thankless son; unfilial daughter; undutiful daughter; thankless daughter
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to assume
to bite through; to eat up; to consume entirely
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
to bite off; to gnaw through
to live in disgrace; to expose oneself to ridicule
participation in government; state councillor (in the ritsuryo system); state councilor; vice-minister (early Meiji period); Cabinet Councillor (1937-1943); Cabinet Councilor
loyalty; loyal (faithful) service
(vengeful) ghost; specter; spectre
merits; distinguished services
to cause trouble (for); to have a bad effect (on)
cloistered emperor; ex-emperor who has become a monk
warning; admonition; lesson or a phrase that teaches you not to do something
situation; developments; outcome
makeshift; temporary expedient; stopgap measure
of bad omen; ill augur; boding evil; bad fortune
to run away; to escape safely
warrior; soldier; courageous person; strong person
scattered; separated; dispersed
to part from; to part company with; to split with; to break off relations with