regional administrator (pre-Taika hereditary title)
Tsukushi (former province that was split up into Chikuzen and Chikugo)
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
years of (someone's) birth and death
bribe; sweetener; douceur
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
Hizen (former province located in present-day Saga and Nagasaki prefectures, excluding Tsushima and Oki Islands)
Higo (former province located in present-day Kumamoto Prefecture)
Buzen (former province located in the east of present-day Fukuoka and the north of Ōita prefectures)
Bungo (former province located in present-day Ōita Prefecture)
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
to live together; to be close friends; (lit.) to eat out of the same pot
messenger; envoy; emissary
just because; even if; even though
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
eleventh day of the month; eleven days
Tsukushi (provinces of Chikuzen and Chikugo in northern Kyushu)
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
to unfold; to unroll; to open
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword
implication (in a crime); involvement; (arch.) sitting in a row (in the same seat)
to be subject to punishment; to be punished
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
to beg forgiveness; to ask for someone's pardon; to ask for permission
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
Chikugo (former province located in the south of present-day Fukuoka Prefecture)
description of regional climate, culture, etc.
lost work; lost writings; partially lost work; literary fragment; work of a superior quality
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary