to own; to receive; to understand
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
Hōtoku era (1449.7.28-1452.7.25)
Japanese spirea (Spiraea Japonica); meadowsweet; Shimotsuke (former province located in present-day Tochigi Prefecture)
reason; grounds; circumstances
civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict
Ōnin era (1467.3.5-1469.4.28)
ripeness; mellowness; maturity
confusion; complications; being gripped by strong feelings; fit (e.g. of anger); moment (e.g. of frustration)
receiving (from a superior); bestowed
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
shaving one's head (esp. upon entering the Buddhist priesthood); tonsure
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
family positioned to accede to the shogunate
Meiō era (1492.7.19-1501.2.29)
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
clear; plain; distinct; obvious; evident; articulate
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods
occurring naturally (without human influence)
kind; sort; species; species
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
Suō (former province located in the southeast of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)
Yamaguchi (city, prefecture)
leading person; foremost figure
Chōkyō era (1487.7.20-1489.8.21)
permission; licence; license
meeting place; club; workplace (Edo period); office
magistrate; shogunate administrator
spiritual awakening; resolution
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
to follow (a rule, precedent, etc.); to conform to (the law, standards, etc.); to be proportionate to; to correspond to; to be equivalent to
stagnation; standstill; accumulation; stay; sojourn
Bunki era (1501.2.29-1504.2.30)
origin; source; virtuous ancestor
to know; to understand; to (understand and) accept (a responsibility); to have a knowledge of (a skill, art, etc.); to have a command of