to obey; to submit to; to serve (in the army, a prison sentence, etc.); to go into (mourning); to observe; to take (medicine, poison, etc.)
imperial order; imperial decree
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
crown prince; Prince Shōtoku
servant; valet; (arch.) someone who works in close quarters with the emperor or imperial family; (arch.) low-ranking official who works for the imperial family or nobility (under the Ritsuryo system); (arch.) ox-tender for oxcarts; (arch.) horse boy
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
office and rank; an official rank
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
should; must; -able; probably; likely
pointing out; identification
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
life; living; I; me; student
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
writing; composition; essay; sentence
(Chinese) poetry and rhymed prose
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
large bird; peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish); fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
one's pupil; one's student; one's follower
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
to collect; to assemble; to gather
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
in that way; thus; so; so?
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to win favour; to win favor
promotion; advancement; rising in rank
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
ritual; religious service; festival
to be idle; to slacken; to neglect (e.g. one's work)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
admonition; remonstrance; expostulation