acquaintance; relations; sexual intercourse; intersection
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
northern part; the north (of a region)
becoming firmly established; putting down strong roots; exercising authority; being dominant; settling in a coiled shape
Hokke (northern branch of the Fujiwara clan, Heian period)
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs
the rise of the curtain; opening (of play); beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.)
secret feud; wordless pantomime performed in the dark (in kabuki)
young nobleman; scion of a noble family; princely young man; man with an aristocratic air
(your) daughter; young woman
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
hornet; yellow jacket; wasp (of subfamily Vespinae); Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia); yak-killer hornet
severe earthquake; violent tremor
courting; wooing; making advances
main; principal; chief; primary; major
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
great tumult; great strife; big loud bang; bustle; dirdum; hell broken loose
confused (situation); great fuss; much wrangling
trend; tendency; momentum
leader (of an alliance); leading power
calamity; disaster; accident
blood and iron; military might
military force; military strength
last stand; last bastion; last stronghold; last frontier
government official; clerk
blood vessel; blood relationship
one's family and followers; one's whole clan
it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...
official history; authorized history
raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start of a season