Emperor Shirakawa; Shirakawa Tenno (1053-1129 CE, reigning: 1072-1086 CE)
Emperor Go-Sanjou; Go-Sanjou Tenno (1034-1073 CE, reigning: 1068-1072 CE)
prosperity; glory; splendour; splendor; majesty; luxury
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
cold reception; inhospitality
line of regents and advisers (advisors)
serious damage; injury or loss; heavy blow
heir to the throne; successor to the throne
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
biological child; one's own child
Emperor Horikawa; Horikawa Tenno (1079-1107 CE, reigning: 1086-1107 CE)
to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)
regents and advisers (advisors)
Emperor Go-Shirakawa; Go-Shirakawa Tenno (1127-1192 CE, reigning: 1155-1158 CE)
Emperor Shōwa (1901-1989, reigned 1926-1989); Emperor Showa; Emperor Hirohito
Emperor Taishō (1879-1926, reigned 1912-1926); Emperor Yoshihito
disturbance; agitation; commotion; upheaval; riot
Yoshida Kenkou (1283-1352) (author of the Tsurezuregusa)
sense of the vanity of life; perception of the evanescence of life
to put into written form; to communicate or express by writing; to chronicle
collection of essays (miscellaneous writings, literary jottings, etc.)
at a loose end; having nothing to do
to change; to shift; to come and go
somehow; in some way; for some reason; faintly; vaguely
(some type of) enthusiast; somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
having nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do); being at a loose end; being bored
to cross one's mind; to spring to mind; to occur to one
unity; coherence; consistency; settlement; conclusion; completion
sanity; consciousness; soberness
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
mad (with grief, love, etc.); crazy; out of one's mind; on the verge of insanity
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
outside world; physical world