a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
head house; main family; founder (of a certain school, style, etc.); originator; birthplace
retainer; vassal; follower
samurai family; samurai class; samurai stock; samurai; warrior
branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family
this family; our family; this house; we
retainer; vassal; servant
Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari
court noble; nobility; kuge; Imperial Court
entering the priesthood; priest; monk; bonze
family positioned to accede to the shogunate
another family; another house
head of family; head house; sōke; founder (of a style, etc.); originator
the House of Tokugawa; the Tokugawas
good family; respectable family; decent family
employer's house; master's house
three branches of the Tokugawa family (Owari, Kii and Mito); big three; top three
three noble families (Kan'in, Kazan'in and Nakanoin or Koga); three branches of the Tokugawa family (Owari, Kii and Mito)
immediate vassal (of the shogun; Kamakura and Muromachi periods); low-ranking vassal (of the shogun; Edo period)
house of an imperial prince
The Tale of the Heike; Heike Monogatari
family which supports a temple; parishioner
layperson; layman; laywoman; country home; farmhouse; cottage
the said family; the same family
original home; birthplace; originator
the eight early Japanese Buddhist sects; the eight Japanese monks who visited China during the early Heian period
line of regents and advisers (advisors)
Senke school of tea ceremony
family of Shinto priests serving a shrine on a hereditary basis
Zen; Zen temple; Zen priest
head family; main branch of a school or religion
branch family; cadet family; leaving one's employer to set up a new shop with the same name; (arch.) separate house
Hokke (northern branch of the Fujiwara clan, Heian period)
service with a samurai family; serving in a samurai household (as a valet, chambermaid, etc.)
Laws for the Military Houses (Tokugawa shogunate); laws establishing rules for daimyo
the five regent houses; five families of the Fujiwara clan (Konoe, Kujo, Nijo, Ichijo, and Takatsukasa) entrusted as imperial regents and advisors starting in the Kamakura period
samurai for the shogunate
Urasenke school of tea ceremony
rich family; distinguished family
steward in charge of the affairs of nobles of the third rank and higher (from the middle of the Heian period); administrative position (Kamakura and Muromachi periods)
feudal period (characterized by the rule of the shogunate, 1185-1867); age of militarist government
Heike biwa; Heike lute; biwa with 4 strings and 5 frets, esp. for accompanying the Heike Monogatari; chanting of the Heike Monogatari to biwa accompaniment
(line of) regents and advisers (advisors)
Omotesenke school of tea ceremony
Buddhist temple; Buddhist priest
imperial prince's family; family of a prince of royal blood
diviner (esp. of the Yin and Yang system); sorcerer; exorcist; School of Yin-yang (China); School of Naturalists
imperial official in charge of communication between the shogunate and the court (during the Muromachi and Edo periods)
deserted house; ruined house; abolishing one's own family line in order to join another (under pre-1947 Japanese law); extinct family
the three Senke schools of tea ceremony (Omotesenke, Urasenke, and Mushakōjisenke)
to remain faithful to the memory of one's husband and never remarry
pride goes before a fall; pride comes before a fall; (lit.) the proud Heike family does not last long
Mushakōjisenke school of tea ceremony
black widow spider (Latrodectus mactans)
samurai-house style (Kamakura period)
district governor's office (ritsuryō period)
Betelgeuse (star in the constellation Orion); Alpha Orionis; Alpha Ori; (lit.) Heike star
the four Fujiwara families; Fujiwara clan
Senke school of tea ceremony
Aquatica lateralis (firefly species)
widow spider (of genus Latrodectus)
the eight Japanese monks who visited China during the early Heian period (Enchin, Engyō, Ennin, Eun, Jōgyō, Kūkai, Saichō and Shūei)
Hakke Shinto (Shinto tradition transmitted by the House of Hakuo Shirakawa); Hakuke Shinto
brown widow (Latrodectus geometricus); brown button; grey widow; brown black widow; house button spider; geometric button spider
amateurish and haughty way of doing business
warrior-style tea ceremony (such as the Enshū school)
pride goes before a fall; pride comes before a fall; (lit.) the proud Heike family does not last long
song in the style of the Heikyoku
Edo Senke school of tea ceremony
redback spider (Latrodectus hasselti)