camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora); camphorwood; camphor laurel
drama; play; powerful drug
loyal retainer; loyal subject
sentimental; emotional; maudlin; mawkish
reading matter; reading material
show; exhibition; spectacle
south side of a mountain; Sanyo district
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
immorality; injustice; adultery; infidelity; (arch.) murdering one's teacher or a government official
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
Ashikaga Takauji (1305-1358.6.7)
to attack; to assault; to assail
in the mountains; among the mountains
100,000; hundred thousand
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
Northern Court (of Japan; 1336-1392); Northern Dynasty; Northern Dynasties (of China; 420-589)
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system); (arch.) socialist; (arch.) communist
to recite; to chant; to read aloud
sentiment; sentimentality
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
heartrending; pitiful; saddening; pathetic; heart-breaking
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1358-1408)
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; (arch.) that's right