Akashi no Kimi (Genji Monogatari)
to prove; to verify; to guarantee; to promise
Hōen era (1135.4.27-1141.7.10)
Little Kyoto; small town with historical features reminiscent of Kyoto
Tang period (China; 618-907); Tang era
police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods)
high priest of a great shrine
capital; funds; seed money; asset
that country; (arch.) nirvana
Hikaru Genji; The Shining Genji
to keep in mind and do as one has been told; to learn and obey; to act in accordance; to comply
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
I have nothing to do with it
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
for a certain reason; owing to unavoidable circumstances
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
to despise; to scorn; to look down on
cloistered emperor; ex-emperor who has become a monk
watching (esp. during an emergency); being on alert; guard; watchmen
to get heavy; to worsen (of illness); to grow serious
control; management; supervision
Seto Inland Sea; Inland Sea
to make one's name well known; to gain much fame
important point; strategic position; key point
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
office and rank; an official rank
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
dilution; watering down; inflation (of budget, claim, etc.); padding
divine spirit; spirit of the dead
maiko; apprentice geisha; dancing girl
easy delivery; easy childbirth; safe birth
to shoot or fire off an arrow
contraband; taboo; strictly forbidden
villainous; rascally; knavish; (arch.) independent; (arch.) self-reliant
named after; associated with; connected with
Aki (former province located in the west of present-day Hiroshima Prefecture)