stairs; stairway; staircase
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
professional; careerman; worker
vagrancy; wandering; nomadism
religious leader; person of religion; religious figure; religionist
(professional) storyteller; hereditary role of narrator in early imperial court
to affix; to append; to entrust; to refer; to follow (the leader); to submit (a document, etc.)
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
for example; for instance; e.g.
small; fine; detailed; stingy
Emperor Jomei; Jomei Tenno (593-641 CE, reigning: 629-641 CE)
Empress Kougyoku; Kougyoku Tenno (594-661 CE, reigning: 642-645 CE)
to ripen; to mature; to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); to be in common use; to come to sound natural
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight); I; me
expressing emotion; drawing facial expressions
wholly; entirely; (arch.) intent; (arch.) single-minded; (arch.) unbalanced; (arch.) one-sided
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
motive power; driving force
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
Japanese person; Japanese people
Empress Kouken; Kouken Tenno (718-770 CE, reigning: 749-758 CE)
to refuse; to decline; to deny
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
entertaining with food and drink; treating to dinner; wining and dining; immediately agreeing with someone else; pandering
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
germination; germ; sprout; bud; sign