family name; house name; family honour; family honor
illegitimate family lineage
refutation; rebuttal; retort
Ōchō era (1311.4.28-1312.3.20)
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
arrest; apprehension; capture
Tosa (former province located in present-day Kochi Prefecture)
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
Genkō era (1331.8.9-1334.1.29)
Bunpō era (1317.2.3-1319.4.28)
losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown
field in which one acts unchallenged; unrivaled sphere of activity (unrivalled); one's monopoly
first year of junior high school; first-year junior high school student
Gen'ō era (1319.4.28-1321.2.23)
Senzai-wakashū (compiled in 1187 by Fujiwara No Toshinari); Collection of Japanese Poetry of a Thousand Years
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as ...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
Genkō era (1321.2.23-1324.12.9)
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
17th day of the month; 17 days
dying of illness; dying of natural causes
to follow in order; to go through step-by-step
to order; to command; to appoint
to write (prose, etc.); to compile (an anthology)
center of a noh stage; Shōchū era (1324.12.9-1326.4.26)
security; stability; safety; peace
second string of a koto (counting from the player's near side)
close aide (of a powerful person); close associate; entourage; attendant; retainer
self-sufficiency; self-satisfaction
Gentoku era (1329.8.29-1331.8.9)
brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
lotus flower; Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); china spoon; lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone
Kenmu era (of unified Japan; 1334.1.29-1336.2.29); Kenmu era (of the Northern Court; 1336.2.29-1338.8.28)
Engen era (of the Southern Court; 1336.2.29-1340.4.28)
spontaneous generation; abiogenesis; natural occurrence; spontaneous occurrence
entreaty; appeal; petition
not hard to ... (in certain circumstances, it would be possible)
rivalry; feud; conflict; dispute; struggle; strife