Gifu prefecture (Chūbu area)
(arch.) youth; (arch.) freshness; good omen; Sweden; Switzerland
Kamakura period (1185-1333 CE)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
indigenousness; being native (to a region); settling (of people); native; indigenous; aboriginal
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
Muromachi period (1333-1573)
family positioned to accede to the shogunate
band of warriors (often formed from related or dependent families); group of samurai
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
connection; link; relationship
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
Chinese bellflower (Platycodon grandiflorus)
(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure
yoke; constraints; oppression
helmet (of a warrior); headpiece
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
association; link; connection; pledge (esp. for marriage); promise
branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
to repeat; to do something over again
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
to continue (going along some trend)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
to distinguish oneself; to stand out
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that