house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
head house (family); birthplace; originator
retainer; retinue; servant
samurai; warrior; military family
this family; we; this house
branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family
Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari
retainer; vassal; servant
family positioned to accede to the shogunate
court noble; nobility; Imperial Court
entering the priesthood; priest; monk; bonze
head of family; originator
another family; another house
the House of Tokugawa; the Tokugawas
employer's house; master's house
good family; respectable family; decent family
three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito); big three; top three
three noble families (Kan'in, Kazan'in, and Nakanoin or Koga); three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito)
lower-ranking vassal in the Kamakura and Edo periods
The Tale of the Heike; Heike Monogatari
house of a prince of the blood
family which supports a temple; parishioner
layperson; layman; laywoman; country home; farmhouse; cottage
the said family; the same family
original home; birthplace; originator
Senke school of tea ceremony
line of regents and advisers (advisors)
family of Shinto priests serving a shrine on a hereditary basis
Zen; Zen temple; Zen priest
head family; main branch of a school or religion
branch family; cadet family; leaving one's employer to set up a new shop with the same name; (arch.) separate house
service with a samurai family; serving in a samurai household (as a valet, chambermaid, etc.)
Hokke (northern branch of the Fujiwara clan, Heian period)
law decreeing rules for daimyo during Tokugawa shogunate
the five regent houses; five families of the Fujiwara clan (Konoe, Kujo, Nijo, Ichijo, and Takatsukasa) entrusted as imperial regents and advisors starting in the Kamakura period
the eight early Japanese Buddhist sects; the eight Japanese monks who visited China during the early Heian period
samurai for the shogunate
steward in charge of the affairs of nobles of the third rank and higher (from the middle of the Heian period); administrative position (Kamakura and Muromachi periods)
Urasenke school of tea ceremony
feudal period (characterized by the rule of the shogunate, 1185-1867); age of militarist government
Heike biwa; Heike lute; biwa with 4 strings and 5 frets, esp. for accompanying the Heike Monogatari; chanting of the Heike Monogatari to biwa accompaniment
(line of) regents and advisers (advisors)
imperial prince's family; family of a prince of royal blood
imperial official in charge of communication between the shogunate and the court (during the Muromachi and Edo periods)
deserted house; ruined house; abolishing one's own family line in order to join another (under pre-1947 Japanese law); extinct family
diviner (esp. of the Yin and Yang system); sorcerer; exorcist; medium
pride goes before a fall; pride comes before a fall; (lit.) the proud Heike family does not last long
to remain faithful to the memory of one's husband and never remarry
black widow spider (Latrodectus mactans)
samurai-house style (Kamakura period)
Betelgeuse (star in the constellation Orion); Alpha Orionis; Alpha Ori; (lit.) Heike star
the four Fujiwara families; Fujiwara clan
rich family; distinguished family
widow spider (of genus Latrodectus)
the eight Japanese monks who visited China during the early Heian period (Enchin, Engyō, Ennin, Eun, Jōgyō, Kūkai, Saichō and Shūei)
Hakke Shinto (Shinto tradition transmitted by the House of Hakuo Shirakawa); Hakuke Shinto
brown widow (Latrodectus geometricus); brown button; grey widow; brown black widow; house button spider; geometric button spider
pride goes before a fall; pride comes before a fall; (lit.) the proud Heike family does not last long
song in the style of the Heikyoku
redback spider (Latrodectus hasselti)