His childhood name, the Prince Oama (Ohoshiama, Osama), which he used until he ascended the throne, was related to the Oshiama clan (they worked as the chiefs of various departments at the Imperial Court for the Amabe clan) that took care of him when he was a child, and it was the custom of that time to take one's childhood name from someone who brought one up.発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

即位前の名は大海人皇子（おおあまのみこ、おほしあまのみこ、おおさまのみこ）といい、幼少期に養育を受けた凡海氏（海部一族の伴造）にちなむもので当時では養育者より幼名をとるのは慣例だった。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス

During the Muromachi period, this custom was even diffused among adults amongst the common people, moreover, during the Sengoku period (period of Warring States) of Japan, it was done as a symbol of being an adult for bushos' (Japanese military commanders) daughters at the age around 8 to 10, at that time, the wife of a guardian relative was called kaneoya (godmother of kanetsuke).発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

室町時代には一般の大人にも浸透したが、戦国時代(日本)に入ると政略結婚に備えて8～10歳前後の戦国武将の息女へ成年の印として鉄漿付けを行ない、このとき鉄漿付けする後見の親族の夫人を鉄漿親(かねおや)といった。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス

At that time, when foreign administration officials such as a minister came to a country, it was a custom that the minister greet monarch of that country, but in Japan the Emperor and Court nobles hesitated this at first.発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

外国公使などが赴任した場合、君主に挨拶することが国際上慣例となっていたが、当初天皇や公家たちは及び腰であった。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス

It's difficult to imagine it at present, but in a time when statues of the deceased were built to honor them (which is a Western custom) and many of statues were dressed up and majestic, the statue of Saigo was very ordinary, as his achievement was to serve country in the Meiji Restoration.発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

今日では想像しにくいが、銅像を造って故人を顕彰するという西洋伝来の新しい文化がようやく定着した時期であり、その多くが正装したり威厳に満ちたものであったのに対し、西郷の銅像は明治維新の元勲のものとしては、あまりに庶民的に過ぎるものである。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス

According to the custom at that time, usually a person worked as a Kurodo (Chamberlain) and would be transferred to a Benkan (Oversight Department (a division of the Dajokan responsible for controlling central and provincial governmental offices), he was promoted in the opposite direction (after assuming a position in Ushoben, he also assumed the position of the Kurodo), and, therefore, it aroused criticism in the Imperial Court that Tsunetada's promotion was unfair treatment, showing favoritism towards close aides to the retired emperor.発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

当時の慣例では蔵人出身者が弁官に転じる順序であった筈なのに、逆の経路（右少弁就任後に蔵人兼務）を辿ったために当時の朝廷では、上皇の側近偏重人事であるとして物議を醸した。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス

Meanwhile, it is believed that the reason why Yorimichi fulfilled his duty as Ichi no kami (the head of high court officials) jointly with Sanesuke without leaving the position of Kanpaku against the court custom of the time and declined to be promoted to the office of Daijo-daijin (Grand minister of state), which had remained vacant after the death of FUJIWARA no Kinsue, until after the death of Sanesuke, was that he was afraid of the possibility that Sanesuke, promoted to the office of Sadaijin after Yorimichi, might come into conflict with Yorimichi and lead all ministers as Ichi no kami (the office of Ichi no kami was normally assumed by the Sadaijin, while Kanpaku and Daijo-daijin did not perform the duty as Ichi no kami, and if the Sadaijin also served as Kanpaku, Udaijin was normally appointed as Ichi no kami).発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

その一方で、当時の慣例に反して頼通が関白のまま実資と共同で一上の職務を行い、藤原公季の死去により空席になった太政大臣への昇進を頼通が実資の死後まで控えたのは、実資が頼通の後任の左大臣に昇進することで、一上として太政官を率いて頼通と対抗することを恐れたからだとも言われている（一上には通常左大臣が就任して、関白及び太政大臣はその職務には携わらず、左大臣が関白を兼ねる場合には右大臣が一上となる慣例であった）。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス