orpiment; gamboge; falsification; alteration
cradle (of civilisation, civilization, etc.); birthplace
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
party; set; gang; company; person
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
diametrically opposed; antipodal
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
state (of affairs); condition; developments; movements
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
historical view; view of history (from a given point of view)
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
proceeding to the capital (Tokyo)
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
guerrilla; guerrilla warfare; sudden
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
Kujou Kanezane (1149-1207)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
counter for leaves, pieces of paper, etc.; (arch.) counter for boats
Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
(arch.) inspector (third highest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryo system); (noh) old man; white ash (of charcoal)
Lagenaria siceraria var. gourda (variety of bottle gourd); gourd (container) made from its fruit
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
hypothesis; speculation; surmise; conjecture
tax paid to avoid forced labor (ritsuryo period); tax in kind; mediocrity
history of Japan; Japanese history
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
(some) more; even more; longer; further
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
fishing; collecting shells; fisherman