head house; main family; founder (of a certain school, style, etc.); originator; birthplace
retainer; vassal; follower
samurai family; samurai class; samurai stock; samurai; warrior
branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family
this family; our family; this house; we
retainer; vassal; servant
court noble; nobility; kuge; Imperial Court
Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari
another family; another house
family positioned to accede to the shogunate
head of family; head house; sōke; founder (of a style, etc.); originator
good family; respectable family; decent family
the House of Tokugawa; the Tokugawas
employer's house; master's house
three noble families (Kan'in, Kazan'in and Nakanoin or Koga); three branches of the Tokugawa family (Owari, Kii and Mito)
house of an imperial prince
layperson; layman; laywoman; country home; farmhouse; cottage
the said family; the same family
line of regents and advisers (advisors)
Senke school of tea ceremony
family of Shinto priests serving a shrine on a hereditary basis
Zen; Zen temple; Zen priest
rich family; distinguished family
Buddhist temple; Buddhist priest
diviner (esp. of the Yin and Yang system); sorcerer; exorcist; School of Yin-yang (China); School of Naturalists
diviner (esp. of the Yin and Yang system); sorcerer; exorcist; School of Yin-yang (China); School of Naturalists
imperial prince's family; family of a prince of royal blood
deserted house; ruined house; abolishing one's own family line in order to join another (under pre-1947 Japanese law); extinct family
The School Sayings of Confucius; Family Sayings of Confucius; Kongzi Jiayu
district governor's office (ritsuryō period)
family which supports a temple; parishioner
Hakke Shinto (Shinto tradition transmitted by the House of Hakuo Shirakawa); Hakuke Shinto