Nagaoka-kyō (capital of Japan 784-794)
royal castle; imperial castle
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
Tenshō era (1573.7.28-1592.12.8)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
win; victory; beautiful scenery; scenic spot; counter for wins
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
to be blessed with children
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
Honnōji Incident (forced suicide of daimyo Oda Nobunaga by his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide; June 21, 1582)
to face on; to look out on to
Tango (former province located in the north of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)
situated deep in the mountains
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
very young; little; childish; immature
one's own child; one's own children
separate; scattered; apart
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant