Emperor Uda; Uda Tenno (867-931 CE, reigning: 887-897 CE)
chief advisor to the Emperor (adviser)
selection (esp. from many people for an important job position); exceptional promotion
bitter liquid; (fig.) bitter experience
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
views; opinion; discernment; pride; self-respect
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
Minister of the Left (official in Nara and Heian periods)
ghee (held to be the greatest of all flavours); (fig.) the ultimate truth of Buddhism; (fig.) nirvana
Qi (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Period of the Warring States); Ch'i
lightning strike; thunderbolt; bolt of lightning; to strike (lightning); to be struck by lightning
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
Tenmangu shrine (shrine dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane's spirit)
to be prominent; to be conspicuous
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku (sixth of the six classical Japanese history texts)
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
poetry and prose; literature; literary works
draft; rough copy; highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
to win over; to win (someone's) heart and mind
jōruri; type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with Japanese puppet theater)
(giving) instruction; initiation
practice writing with a brush; study; learning
model; pattern; paragon; exemplar
to be flexible; to be accommodating
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
to antagonize; to provoke antipathy
considerably; fairly; quite
straight-laced person; stubborn person
literature written in diary form