system; institution; organization; organisation
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
political measures; policy
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
court noble; nobility; Imperial Court
handy method; shortcut; expedient
propulsion; drive; promotion (of a policy, project, movement, etc.); furtherance; advancement
syncretism of Shinto and Buddhism
temporary manifestation of a Buddha (or bodhisattva, etc.) in the form of a Shinto kami
Hachiman Tarou (name taken by Minamoto No Yoshiie)
public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
becoming a mere shell; becoming a dead letter; losing (one's) substance; being reduced to a formality
taking in; bringing in; capturing (e.g. customers); attracting; confusion; bustle
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
family; relatives; dependents; household
(divine, historical or legendary) founder of an empire
powerful person; influential person
early on; earlier on; from early
oppression; suppression; pressure
people; citizens; subjects; folk
accepting (acknowledging) the reality
value; worth; virtue; blessing
portable shrine (carried in festivals); palanquin; buttocks; lower back
to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive
nembutsu; nenbutsu; nianfo; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)
separation of Buddhism and Shintoism (government policy during the beginning of the Meiji period)
command; order; dictation; nth year in the Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-)
abolish Buddhism, destroy Shākyamuni (slogan of anti-Buddhist movement at the beginning of the Meiji era)
ancestral; hereditary; imported; transmitted; handed down
government; administration
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular