given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
one's own house; own; personal; autologous
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
out of necessity; with no other option; perforce; unavoidably; reluctantly; unwillingly
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum); Japanese Judas tree
using one's arm for a pillow
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
frozen dew; frost and dew; (arch.) years; (arch.) time
plants which flower in autumn (fall)
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to look upbeat; to be perky; to master (a skill)
sound of the wind; voice of the wind
series (of publications); library (set of books)
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
to be of use as a reference; to be helpful
finest example; the best (of); white eyebrows
issue; offspring; paternal blood
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
Shimōsa (former province located in parts of present-day Chiba, Ibaraki, Saitama and Tokyo prefectures)
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)
to own; to receive; to understand
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
Japanese spirea (Spiraea Japonica); meadowsweet; Shimotsuke (former province located in present-day Tochigi Prefecture)
Hōtoku era (1449.7.28-1452.7.25)
acquaintance; relation; affinity; reason
civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict