use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
subcontract; subcontractor (person or company)
organization of shrine parishioners in a hamlet; parish guild
village; hamlet; settlement
mental; spiritual; emotional
on the occasion of; at the time of
religious oath in writing; written vow to the gods
water offered to God; water drunk before an altar to symbolize the making of a vow; miracle-working water; water which gathers in the nodes of bamboo after falling as rain at noon on the 5th day of the 5th month (lunar calendar), thought to be effective when used in medicines
unlawful; illegal; unreasonable; outrageous; unjust
dismissal; sacking; discharge
calamity; disaster; misfortune
in full force; in great numbers; in droves; large-scale project; grand plan
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
fleeing in all directions; (in Japanese history, a reference to) farmers who abandoned their fields and fled to the cities or other districts to evade onerous taxes
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
wide area; wide view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-out view
liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer
cooperative body; cooperative system; collective; community
mechanism; organization; organisation
exclusive; exclusionary; restrictive; clannish
sedge (Cyperaceae spp., esp. members of genus Carex)
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
common (e.g. fishery or hunting ground); commonage
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
common use; communal use; sharing
cosmopolitan (international) way of thinking; feeling for the wider world
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
Harima (former province located in the southwestern part of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)
white flag; truce flag; surrender flag
to avoid misfortune; to escape danger
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
to hand over; to turn over; to cede
personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR
religious organization; religious organisation
Grand Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Consort
Ashikaga Yoshimochi (1386-1428)
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to decline; to turn down