important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
on the way; en route; in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
disorder; confusion; chaos
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)
Muromachi shogunate (1336-1573)
internal conflict; family quarrel; domestic trouble
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
the preceding year; the previous year; last year
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
Nara; Kōfuku-ji (Buddhist temple in Nara)
ekayana (doctrine that only one teaching, usu. the Lotus Sutra, can lead to enlightenment)
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
head priest of temple formerly led by founder of sect
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
return to secular life (of a monk); secularization; secularisation
to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch
vagrancy; wandering; nomadism
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
family trade; family business; steward (of an estate)
recovery; regaining; getting back; retrieval; restoration; revival
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
Uesugi Kenshin (1530-1578)
to make an appeal (to the public); to rally (people) to one's cause; to call to action; to spur on; to fire (someone) up; to rally (troops, employees, etc.)
everywhere; everywhere one goes; wherever one goes
fame; popularity; reputation
Hokuriku region (of Honshu; incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
wandering (e.g. bird, exile, lifestyle); wandering alone in a strange country
Wakasa (former province located in the south of present-day Fukui Prefecture)
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
person to be reckoned with; person of importance; one person; one character; someone