building lot; residential land
historic ruins (remains, relics); archeological site
excavation; exhumation; discovery (e.g. new talent)
archeological excavation (archaeological)
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
manure; night soil; dung; fertiliser; fertilizer
hometown; rural township (of China)
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
strategist; tactician; schemer
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
to avenge (somebody) by striking down their killer
descendant; posterity; offspring
to draw a bow; to oppose; to defy; to disobey one's superiors
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
Kajiwara Kagetoki (?-1200)
to have a narrow escape from death
Awa (former province located in the south of present-day Chiba Prefecture)
just above; right overhead
Fujiwara No Yasuhira (?-1189)
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
trying one's luck; test of one's luck
putting one's courage to the test
Bandō; former name of the Kantō region
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
Shinano (former province located in present-day Nagano Prefecture and parts of Gifu Prefecture)
rising to action; standing up against; jumping to one's feet
old capital; former capital
Hall for State Ceremonies (in Heian Palace, Kyoto Imperial Palace, etc.)
shoji (paper sliding door)