He racked his brains not to make his princesses, who had missed the chance to get married (at that time, Oigimi was twenty-five years old and Naka no Kimi was twenty-three, both of which were no longer regarded as 'young' following the common wisdom in those days), treated as of little account after he died.
宮は婚期を外れた（大君二十五歳、中の君二十三歳。当時の感覚では「若い」とは言えない）娘達を、自分の死後軽んじられるような立場にはすまいと苦慮した