expansion; swelling; increase; growth
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
chief vassal; senior statesman
Sado (former province located on Sado Island in present-day Niigata Prefecture); Sado (island, Niigata Prefecture)
benefiting from the influence of a master or parent
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
death; decease; passing away
Kamakura shogunate (1185-1333)
shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
loyalty; devotion; fidelity; inspector of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (ritsuryō system)
clearly; brightly; cleanly; purely
to refuse; to reject; to repel; to repulse; to make (someone) leave; to send away
dismissal (from a position); discharge
disappointment; despair; despondency; broken heart; adversity
while alive; during one's lifetime
past misdeeds; old crimes
pardon; extenuation; borrowing; phonetic loan character; loangraph
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
autopsy; post-mortem (examination); (coroner's) inquest; examination of a body to determine if a crime has been committed
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
end (of life); death; demise; (peacefully) spending one's final years
eyes and ears; seeing and hearing; one's attention; one's interest
information; experience; knowledge; observation
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
halo; aureole; aureola; halo (optical phenomenon); glory
to shine; to sparkle; to twinkle; to light up (with happiness, hope, etc.); to beam; to gleam
false reputation; empty title; empty name
(baggage) checking; temporary depositing
willingly; voluntarily; of one's own accord
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality