Kōgen era (1256.10.5-1257.3.14)
gateway to success; opening to honours; opening to honors
sincerity and kindheartedness; honesty and simplicity
government office; public office; government official
Wuhuan (proto-Mongolic nomadic people)
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
(dyed-in-the-wool) party member; party man; party woman
5th in rank; fifth sign of the Chinese calendar
Xianbei (ancient nomadic tribe of northern Asia)
Minister of Civil Administration and Social Welfare (Zhou-dynasty China)
Former Han dynasty (China, 206 BCE-9 CE); Western Han dynasty
Qiang (Chinese ethnic group)
Xiongnu (ancient Central Asian nomadic people associated with the Huns)
labor; labour; work; service
three lords (highest ranking officials in the old Imperial Chinese or Japanese governments)
a follower; yield allegiance to
imprisonment (without forced labour); incarceration; confinement
to use one's own money; to pay for from one's own pocket
failing to recognize someone; underestimation
district governor (Ritsuryo period)
tax paid to avoid forced labor (ritsuryo period); tax in kind; mediocrity
going up and down; rising and falling
false charge; slander; defamation
outrageous; scandalous; inexcusable; disgraceful; shameful; rude
Later Han dynasty (China, 25-220 CE); Eastern Han dynasty; Later Han dynasty (China, 947-950 CE)
to pay with one's own money; to pay out of one's own pocket
instructor; tutor (to a prince)