Northern and Southern Courts (of Japan; 1336-1392); Northern and Southern Dynasties; Northern and Southern Dynasties (of China; 420-589)
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
Northern Court (of Japan; 1336-1392); Northern Dynasty; Northern Dynasties (of China; 420-589)
virtue; Meitoku era (of the Northern Court) (1390.3.26-1392.10.5); Meitoku era (of reunified Japan) (1392.10.5-1394.7.5)
Genkō era (1331.8.9-1334.1.29)
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
Oouchi Yoshihiro (1356-1399)
Akamatsu Mitsusuke (1381-1441)
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)
north and south; north to south; South Korea and North Korea
dynasty; reign; period; epoch; court; North Korea
to make (a promise); to conclude (a contract); to act as a go-between; to act as mediator; to curry favour with
that is to say; so that means
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)
green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese pheasant
white flag; truce flag; surrender flag
Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount
hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
occupation; calling; livelihood
spare time; free time; leisure
almost every day; almost daily
hills and fields; hill and dale
hunting; shooting; game; quarry
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
first 10 days of the month
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
willow tit (Parus montanus)
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
castle site; ruins of a castle
sad fate; tragic doom; ill fate
to escape being burned (esp. of a building or the items in it); to survive a fire
inner citadel; core; center; centre
to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge
hail (esp. hailballs under 5 mm); graupel; dicing; small cubes; roasted mochi pieces (usu. flavoured with soy sauce, etc.)
hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to fall into ruin; to be desolated