wearing a sword; being armed with a sword; sword
legs bowed in; sitting with heels spread apart
inside the Imperial Palace; Department of the Imperial Household
actor; actress; player; performer
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
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
Soganokurayamadanoishikawanomaro
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
tension; mental strain; nervousness
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
to mark the end; to spell the end
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital
imperial decree; imperial edict
throne; crown; government position; court rank; social standing; rank; grade (of quality, etc.)
Minister of the Left (official in Nara and Heian periods)
Minister of the Right (official in Nara and Heian periods)
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
Taika era (645.6.19-650.2.15)
again and again; repeatedly
major contender; strong (leading) candidate; front runner
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; close (together)
used item; secondhand item; old; used; previous
declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression
older brother; you (in ref. to male of greater age or status)
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
forces of opposition; opposing forces; counterforce
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
consists of; comprises; is made up of
belonging; ascription; attribution; reversion; return; restoration