where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
worldly affairs; ways of the world
to succeed; to bear fruit
picking; collecting; harvesting; extraction
a long time ago; in those days
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period
heir; inheritor; successor
will; testament; one's dying wish; one's last words
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to stand (something) up; to put upright; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to let out; to raise (a cloud of dust, smoke, etc.)
to engage in a bloody feud; to have a family quarrel; to quarrel with one's own flesh and blood; (lit.) to wash blood for blood
succession struggle; succession race
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); (spoken) line (in a play, film, etc.); one's lines; white dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; Belgium
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competition in which there are several evenly matched participants; hotly contested game (match, market, etc.)
war of aggression; war of conquest
to spend all one's time doing; to do day in, day out; to do nothing but ...; to pass (of days)
fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
(death from) starvation; starving to death
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake