貫一とお宮をめぐっての金と恋の物語は日清戦争後の社会を背景にしていて、これが時流と合い大人気作となった。

The story of money and love between Kanichi and Omiya matched the social background after the Japanese-Sino War and gained wide spread popularity. - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス

方五間（正面、背面、両側面の柱間の数がいずれも5間）の堂の周囲に1間の裳階（もこし）をめぐらした形で、屋根は宝形造（ピラミッド形）で檜皮葺きである。

The Ho-Goken (length between pillars at the front, back, right and left sides are all 5-ken) (ken= about 1.8m) hall is surrounded by a 1 ken deep pent roof enclosure and topped by a pyramidal cypress bark roof. - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス

伊賀国黒田荘や大和国高殿荘をめぐり、目代（もくだい）や興福寺西金堂衆などと争ったが、僧綱を背景にした政治力と流暢な弁舌で有利に決着させ、相手側から「南京の悪僧」とまでいわれた。

Regarding the Kuroda-no-sho estates in Iga Province and Koden-sho in Yamato Province, there were disputes with agents and priests in the Saikon-do Hall (An image hall situated to the west of a pagoda in temple grounds) however with the political strength of the priest administrators and his eloquent speech he won the upper hand and his opponents called him the 'wayward priest of the southern capital.' - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス