descendant; posterity; offspring
Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)
head of family; originator
illegitimate family lineage
one's attitude; state of affairs
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
bottom current; undercurrent
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
Jōkyū era (1219.4.12-1222.4.13); Shōkyū era
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
short pillar set on a beam to support a ridgepole
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
on the wane (e.g. popularity of something); decline of one's fortunes
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
Kamakura shogunate (1185-1333)
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
receipt (of a letter, money, etc.); acceptance; receiving
provincial governor (from the middle of the Heian period)
rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily
gradually; slowly; little by little; incrementally
dominion; territory; possession
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
to stoop; to bend (e.g. one's knees)
discontent; dissatisfaction; complaint; grievance
at a stroke; with a single swoop
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
director (of the provincial governors under the ritsuryo system)
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
slightly; a little; barely; narrowly; only; just