assertion; declaration; affirmation
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
since then; from that time; ever since
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to sink; to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish
Shōtoku era (1711.4.25-1716.6.22)
(period of) a year; during an era
proximity of a monarch or lord
to rise to the highest possible rank
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
the shogunate (administration)
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
Five Dynasties (of China; 907-979)
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
turns and twists; ups and downs; meandering; complications; vicissitudes
three generations; three periods; third generation
chief advisor to the Emperor (adviser)
(your, his, her) daughter
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
Bitchū (former province located in the west of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive
preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial; heat; primary
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
Enpō era (1673.9.21-1681.9.29)