structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
sending; forwarding; remitting
inspection; audit; judgement; judgment
record of proceedings; minutes
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
word; term; language; speech
spoken language; colloquial speech; (modern) spoken Japanese; written style based on (modern) spoken Japanese
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
ideogram; ideograph; ideographic script
to abridge; to shorten; to economize
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
one stroke (of a brush); a few lines (of writing); note; writing in one go (without stopping to apply more ink to the brush); parcel (of land); same handwriting
(while) holding a post or being in office
to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
written word; written language
uppercase letter; capital letter; large character; large writing; the (kanji) character "dai" meaning "big"; huge character "dai" formed by fires lit on the side of a mountain in Kyoto on August 16 each year
lowercase letter; small letter
system; organization; organisation; architecture
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
Tang period (China; 618-907); Tang era
famous; noted; eminent; prominent; distinguished; celebrated
Di people (Zhou dynasty term for non-ethnic Chinese to the north)
Common Era; CE; Christian Era; Western (Gregorian) calendar
to win; to gain; to earn; to spread (one's name, etc.)
posterity; future generations
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
mainly; chiefly; primarily; for the most part
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
high steward; grand master
national politics; political situation; statecraft; body politic
Wu Zetian (624-705); Empress Wu
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; (arch.) Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight); I; me