Vocabulary

reporter; speaker; informer; presenter; rapporteur

compensation; indemnity; reparation

press officer; press secretary

reprisals; retaliatory measures

enshrining

donation

respectful congratulations

restoring (power, etc.) to the emperor

welcome

welcome arch

dedication; presentation; consecration; offer (to a shrine)

dedicatory ceremony

votive offering

offertory; offertory music

place of employment

servant; employee

one's employer's house; one's employer; place of apprenticeship

servant (of the people)

deaconess

inquiring about (one's health)

celebration

hosho paper

singing

being in the service of; serving at; holding office

seeing an emperor off

carrying out the will of one's lord

choosing (a nobleman) as the leader or president of a company or organization

votive lantern

reply to the throne

respectful reading

votive tablet

votive offering

worship

imperial messenger to a shrine; envoy returning courtesies

enshrine

jewel; precious stone; gem

Ratnasambhava; The Jewel-born (a dhyani-Buddha)

treasure island

treasure chest; strongbox

death (of an emperor); demise