successively; one after another
group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.)
outside Kyoto or the capital
party; set; gang; company; person
(exaggerated) professing to be; passing oneself off as
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
cause; factor; hetu (direct cause, esp. as opposed to indirect conditions); the basis of one's argument (in hetuvidya)
Bizen (former province located in the southeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
Chikuzen (former province located in the west of present-day Fukuoka Prefecture)
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
isolation; being alone; being friendless
to rally; to make a comeback
to disrupt; to ruin; to hinder; to thwart
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
two times; twice; two degrees
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
to fold one's arms; to stand and watch (without interfering); to stand idly by; to lie in wait; to be ready and waiting
to become settled; to be fixed
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
inexperienced person; young person; novice; greenhorn
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
to hang on to; to hang from; to hound; to keep after (someone); to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips
be that as it may; even so; though that be so
obstinate; stubborn; headstrong