lineage; pedigree; family line; birth
to give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)
Higo (former province located in present-day Kumamoto Prefecture)
counter used with Sino-Japanese words
platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala
Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
counter for (small) things or pieces; counter for military units; (an) individual; one person; counter for years (of age difference); counter for school-years
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
long (time that has passed); old (story)
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
maintenance; preservation; improvement
descendant; progeny; offspring
minister (of a government department)
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
something like ...; something called ...
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
degeneration; retrogression; atrophy; regression (e.g. of society); deterioration; degeneration
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room
Buddhist priest; monk; boy
ancestor; forefather; foremother
winner; victor; conqueror
demon; devil; -crazed person; -obsessed person; dreaded; terrible
ancestral; hereditary; handed down from generation to generation; for generations; from generation to generation
Chinese matrimony vine (Lycium chinense); Chinese wolfberry; goji
strength in one's arms; physical strength; muscular strength; force; violence
hypothesis; speculation; surmise; conjecture