waiting for the rising tide or a good opportunity
Fujiwara No Tadazane (1078-1162)
waiting for favorable wind; waiting for favourable wind
companion; company; tritagonist
pent-up resentment; grudges and hard feelings
written imperial order (late Heian period)
great scholar; savant; polymath
(plump and) happy-looking
handling cargo; loading and unloading
north face; north side; the north; facing north
to lay the foundation (for)
provincial governor (under the ritsuryo system, any of a group of officials, esp. the director)
being battlewise; being skilled in battle; experienced warrior
to tower above the rest; to be by far the best; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above
division of a shrine's tutelary deity, in order to share it with another shrine; spirit divided in such a manner
to do in earnest; to concentrate on; to apply one's mind to
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
to hasten to join; to hurry to visit
foster sibling; foster brother; foster sister
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
control; management; supervision
successive generations; hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
to combine; to join together; to join up; to dovetail together
Seto Inland Sea; Inland Sea
vassals; retainers; followers
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture)
Bizen (former province located in the southeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
villainous; rascally; knavish; (arch.) independent; (arch.) self-reliant
clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
in respect of; in regards to; as for