doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
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
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
omission; leaving out; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
(while) holding a post or being in office
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
Tang period (China; 618-907); Tang era
Di people (Zhou dynasty term for non-ethnic Chinese to the north)
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)
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
honorific affix; honorific prefix
high steward; grand master
national politics; political situation; statecraft; body politic
Wu Zetian (624-705); Empress Wu
legitimate; orthodox; traditional
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
imperial throne; the Crown
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of
bonshō; Buddhist temple bell
to affix; to append; to entrust; to refer; to follow (the leader); to submit (a document, etc.)
quotation; abstract; selection; summary