eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
main building (of a manor); central room (of a house)
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
other; another; over; more than; I; me
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
(social) position; status
to shake; to waver; to tremble
shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
how it came about; how it originated; how it happened; the origins of the imbroglio
chief advisor to the Emperor (adviser)
birth; creation; formation
human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose
baton (of command); order; command; direction
to be descended from; to be drawn from (the tradition of); to be derived from; to follow the school (tradition) of
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
entering the priesthood; priest; monk; bonze
inheritance dispute; succession dispute
disturbance; riot; mayhem
preparations for a journey
sentimental; on an emotional level; in one's heart
racking one's brains; worrying oneself; being anxious
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight); I; me
to stumble (over); to trip; to fail; to suffer a setback
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
near; nearby; not far off
to crouch; to squat; to cower
charm against evil spirits; talisman; amulet