military family; warrior class
being outstanding; excelling; being foremost
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
blood vessel; blood relationship
for generations; from generation to generation; generation after generation; through the ages
producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other
the king and his feudal lords
genius; prodigy; (person of) great talent; remarkable person
lineage; pedigree; family line; birth
to move (to another area, country, etc.); to migrate
deep emotion; strong feelings
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
head (of a line, group, etc.); front; lead; forefront; vanguard
marquis; second highest rank of the five ranks of nobility; daimyo
direct descent; direct line
accession to the throne; enthronement
remote region; outlying district; border district; frontier
fortress; stronghold; citadel
one school; one sect; one denomination; one party; one faction; one group
Imperial Guard (Meiji); personal guard
to shut oneself in (one's house, room, etc.); to confine oneself (to); to barricade oneself (in a building); to entrench oneself; to hole up
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
castle wall; town walls; defensive wall; rampart
barbarian tribe; savage tribe
to lie scattered; to be strewn about
subsidence; sinking; fall (of a city, fortress, etc.); surrender; fall (in position, rank, etc.); demotion
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
when it comes to ...; as for ...
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
lending (money, commodities, etc.); finance; loan; adaptability; versatility; flexibility
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
overly serious; serious to a fault; humorless
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
discord; (on) bad terms (with)
hereditary disposition; temperament; nature; (arch.) body build
having no way of knowing; being completely ignorant of
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations
(pressing) hard; badgeringly; pesteringly; repeatedly; urgingly