It’s pretty hard to translate titles, so I avoided doing it, mostly. This is because titles often… sound bland or nonsensical when they’re translated into another language. So translators often get very liberal with the translations, or make up a title on their own.

Anyway, here are my attempts at translating the titles of the Saiunkoku novels and Gaidens. I’ve included both a literal and a liberal one.

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