to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar
rope; cord; policeman's rope
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
the spoken words of the emperor or a noble
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
to step back; to walk backwards
the way in which something came about; origin; structure; organization; the way something is constructed
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)
Tosa (former province located in present-day Kochi Prefecture)
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
book containing a collection of poems; Psalms (book of the Bible)
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
upper reaches (of a river); upper stream; top; upper part; long ago; beginning; first
Muraji (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to seventh highest of eight)
youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new
to be subject to punishment; to be punished
Shimōsa (former province located in parts of present-day Chiba, Ibaraki, Saitama and Tokyo prefectures)
to distribute; to arrange; to arrange; to lay out (as in decorating); to marry off; to exile
Tenpyō era (729.8.5-749.4.14); Tenbyō era; Tenhei era
March; third month of the lunar calendar
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
eighth day of the month; eight days
Shoku Nihongi (second of the six classical Japanese history texts)
clear writing; specification
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
favour; favor; act of grace; special privilege
to bathe; to receive (an honor, etc.)
old family; old-established family; one's old home; one's childhood home
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure