Shinano (former province located in present-day Nagano Prefecture and parts of Gifu Prefecture)
one child; only child; one of several children (esp. the son and heir); one stone (in the game of go)
decapitation; decapitated head
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled; mowing down the enemy
rally; recovery; comeback; winding (thread, etc.)
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity
Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family
turning over while sleeping in bed; betrayal; double-crossing
Bitchū (former province located in the west of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
Harima (former province located in the southwestern part of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)
vassals; retainers; followers
Bizen (former province located in the southeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
father and child; father and son; father and daughter
drinking party; banquet; feast
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
disaster; tragedy; tragic incident; horrible accident
conquest; subjugation; overcoming; chastisement; punishment; punitive expedition
tracking down and killing; punitive expedition
do-or-die resistance; resistance to the bitter end
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
follower; attendant; valet; servant
riding fast; driving a horse fast
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
to escape; to make one's getaway; to manage to get away
to pair with; to pair up; to pair off
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
simple honesty; tactless frankness
duplicity; treachery; double-dealing