where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
worldly affairs; ways of the world
to succeed; to bear fruit
a long time ago; in those days
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; last request
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 leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); speech; one's lines; white dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; (arch.) white person
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
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); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
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
meat eating; eating of meat; meat diet; carnivorous
to give one's life; to lay down one's life
reservoir; lake formed by a dam
boiled greens in bonito-flavoured soy sauce (vegetable side dish)
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
to pluck; to pick; to nip off
royal fern (Osmunda japonica); flowering fern; osmund; fiddlehead fern
honey fungus (Armillaria mellea); honey mushroom
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
rumor that appears to be quite true (rumour)