to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
Emperor Nijou; Nijou Tenno (1143-1165 CE, reigning: 1158-1165 CE)
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs
wet nurse; nursing mother
Fujiwara No Michinori (1106?-1160.1.23)
to work together; to strive together; (lit.) to form a tag team
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
returning to a capital city (esp. Kyoto)
condition; situation; prospects
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
leaving (fleeing) the capital
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
to bite through; to eat up; to consume entirely
Zhao Kuangyin (emperor Taizu of Song); Chao K'uang-yin
Northern Song dynasty (China, 960-1127)
conquest; subjugation; overcoming
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
Southern Song dynasty (China, 1127-1279)
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
to enter into diplomatic relations
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
outer port for large city
sword; dagger; knife; bayonet
porcelain; china; chinaware; ceramics; pottery
birds and wild animals; wildlife
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
Nagasaki (city, prefecture)