hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
honorific title; honorific term of address
rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil
place where one works; construction site; working area
entering; entrance; attendance; audience; containing; income; earnings
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
famous sword; sword blade by Masamune; sake; Japanese rice wine; brand of sake from Nada region during Tenpō era (1830-1844)
head; chief; leader; the greatest (of all the ...)
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
counter for generations; epoch
travelling clothes; traveling clothes; travelling outfit; traveling outfit
to be fated; to be linked by fate
Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
family positioned to accede to the shogunate
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
without leaving any trace
one day; (on) a certain day
mountain villa; chalet; mountain cottage; mountain retreat; house in the mountains
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
rice field on flat land; unterraced paddy
commander; general; leader
special Nara-period administrative division for areas containing a detached palace (Yoshino and Izumi); secretary; third highest-ranking officials in the Dazaifu
powerful family; powerful clan
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
Kenmu era (of unified Japan; 1334.1.29-1336.2.29); Kenmu era (of the Northern Court; 1336.2.29-1338.8.28)
great person; hero; mastermind; extraordinary person
self-awareness; awareness (of one's position, abilities, duty, etc.); perceiving (something); taking in (a sensation); self-consciousness
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
to adjoin each other; to sit side by side
one's family temple; temple with one's family grave
to avoid; to refrain from; to shun
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
related to the teachings of Buddha; able to be saved by Buddha; related; relevant