stinginess; miserliness; parsimony
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
Dewa (former province located in present-day Yamagata and Akita prefectures)
one school; one sect; one denomination; one party; one faction; one group
Muromachi period (1336-1573)
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
successive generations; successive emperors
special selection; finest pick; top pick
judgement; judgment; connoisseur
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in
suguha; straight temper line (on a sword)
extraordinary; exceptional; unprecedented; solecistic; non-standard; irregular
ancestral; hereditary; handed down from generation to generation; for generations; from generation to generation
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
Hōjō Sadatoki (1271-1311)
Nitta Yoshisada (1301-1338.8.17)
man of the hour; woman of the hour
sparing a life; clemency; reconsideration of an employee's dismissal
entreaty; appeal; petition
obedience; submission; resignation
becoming a mere shell; becoming a dead letter; losing (one's) substance; being reduced to a formality
on that occasion; at that time; then; in that case
seizure; confiscation; impounding; sequestration; forfeiture
wearing a sword; sword one is wearing
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
southern part; the south (of a region)
Mutsu (former province located in present-day Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, and Aomori prefectures)
Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family
honesty; sincerity; trust; reliance; (religious) faith; devotion
mediator; go-between; middleman; broker