large and small matters; particulars; details; greatness and smallness; circumstances
second grade of the third rank of honor (honour)
official in charge of the administration of domains and general affairs of powerful noble families (from the middle of the Heian period); titled lady (legal wife of an important official); government office related to finances (Kamakura and Muromachi periods); clerk working for large temples and shrines
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1885-1945); Minister of the Interior (669-1868)
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
dying of illness; dying of natural causes
flood of customers; roaring business
merry drinker; one who laughs easily
territory; fiefdom; feudal domain
permanence; perpetuity; Chōkyū era (1040.11.10-1044.11.24)
to prove; to verify; to guarantee; to promise
to be perturbed; to be agitated
(another person's) younger sister
ruler of the whole country; person who holds the reins of government
failing to recognize someone; underestimation
to make up one's mind; to be determined
the other day; some time ago; recently
to present; to offer; to dedicate
slightly good luck (as a fortune telling result)
emergency; accident; rare possibility; unexpected occurrence
all; everyone; everybody; everything
appointment (to an office); investiture; commission
no problem; no objection; it doesn't matter
imperial decree; imperial edict
grhapati (layman; sometimes used as a posthumous suffix); private-sector scholar
to allow oneself to ...; to take the liberty of ...; it is presumed that; (I, we) presume that; on one's own accord; by one's arbitrary decision
man of the hour; woman of the hour
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
chief councillor of state; chief councilor of state; large-grained variety of adzuki bean
Tenshō era (1573.7.28-1592.12.8)