Ministry of Justice (in Tang-dynasty China)
Ministry of Works (Tang-dynasty China)
ministries and government offices; the authorities
to join together; to combine; to join up
command; order; dictation; nth year in the Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-)
ritsuryo system (ancient East Asian system of centralized governance; in Japan: esp. 7th-10th century)
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
Wu Zetian (624-705); Empress Wu
first and last (time, chance, etc.); (the) only
to come back; to bloom a second time
poisoning; kill by poison
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
(some) more; even more; longer; further
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
disaster; calamity; misfortune
complete state ownership of land and citizens (proclaimed by the Taika reforms) (Ritsuryo period)
rent paid by a tenant farmer
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to
demesne; estate; private land; private property
how long; how far; how much
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
even more; still more; further
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to give one's life (e.g. in battle); to devote one's life (e.g. to a cause)