battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
government; administration
legitimate; orthodox; traditional
outside the country; abroad
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
to concern; to be related
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
the Kojiki and Nihon-shoki
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
same; similar; (just) like; equal
older brother; elder brother
Kawashimanoouji (657-691) (imperial prince)
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
individual; private person; personal; private
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
official history; authorized history
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
Empress Genshou; Genshou Tenno (680-748 CE, reigning: 715-724 CE)
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
family tree; pedigree; genealogy
Tonerishinnou (Prince) (676-735)
volume number; reel number; number of volumes; number of reels; a set number of scrolls to be read by a Buddhist monk
episode; anecdote; vignette
omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
incident; affair; happening; event
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
chronological order (form of historical writing); ordering chronologically
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
literary style; form of (written) language (e.g. classical, modern)
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
ancient time; age of the gods
Empress Jitou; Jitou Tenno (645-702 CE, reigning: 690-697 CE)
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie