great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
Hokuriku region (of Honshu; incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
muteness; speech impairment; mute; deaf-mute
boldly; bravely; resolutely; determinedly
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
9th day of the month; nine days
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
what kind of business; what sort of matter
everyday robes worn by males of the imperial family, nobility, etc. (from the Heian period onward)
kanji "strike" radical at right (radical 66)
one plot (of land); one (city) block; one area; one brush stroke; one kanji stroke
Goshirakawahouou (1127.10.18-1192.4.26) (ex-emperor, later monk)
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility); visiting card; name card
participation; joining; entry
(another's) spirit; God's heart or spirit; Lord's will
to close in on (30 years of age, etc.); to approach; to get close to
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits
death in battle; death on the battlefield
decision; determination; resolution
period; Nihon Shoki (second oldest work of Japanese history, compiled in 720 CE); Nihongi; Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)
being in the capital (i.e. Tokyo, or formerly Kyoto)
state (of affairs); condition; developments; movements
to meet; to assemble; to gather; to encounter; to run into
Shinano (former province located in present-day Nagano Prefecture and parts of Gifu Prefecture)
full view; total picture; whole story; full particulars; all the details
bungalow; one-story house
Tosa (former province located in present-day Kochi Prefecture)
(not) in the slightest; (not) at all
extraordinary; exceptional; unprecedented; solecistic; non-standard; irregular