to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
Council Hall in the Imperial Palace
older brother; you (in ref. to male of greater age or status)
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
actor; actress; player; performer
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
to step forward; to volunteer
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
fall; tumble; spill; degradation; comedown; demotion
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
to set on fire; to ignite
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
in this way; thus; such; uh...
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
12 signs of the Chinese zodiac
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
second (party to an agreement); the B party (e.g. in a contract); stylish; chic; strange; quaint
second in rank; second sign of the Chinese calendar
the Snake (sixth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Serpent; hour of the Snake (around 10am, 9-11am, or 10am-12 noon); south-southeast; fourth month of the lunar calendar
Japan's envoy to Sui dynasty China
common gull (Larus canus); mew gull; gull (Laridae spp.); seagull
rhyming game; play on words; pun
name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa); Japanese era name
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
Empress Suiko; Suiko Tenno (554-628 CE, reigning: 592-628 CE)
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
state ceremony (esp. an enthronement); imperial ceremony; important ceremony (in one's life, e.g. wedding, funeral)
small; narrow; familiar prefix; slightly; a bit
darling (woman); dear; one's sister; friend
Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique