daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
to manage skillfully; to manoeuvre (e.g. car, horse); to maneuver
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
bravery; military prowess; valour; valor
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
Nanbokuchō period (of Japan; 1336-1392); period of the Northern and Southern courts; period of the Northern and Southern dynasties (of China; 5th-6th c.)
Emperor Go-Daigo; Go-Daigo Tenno (1288-1339 CE, reigning: 1318-1339 CE)
Southern Court (of Japan; 1336-1392); Southern Dynasty; Southern Dynasties (of China; 420-589)
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
prince of royal blood; Imperial prince
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
position; location; base; point; site
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
Northern Court (of Japan; 1336-1392); Northern Dynasty; Northern Dynasties (of China; 420-589)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
Ashikaga shogunate (i.e. the Muromachi shogunate, 1336-1573)
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
to repeat; to be frequent
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
indigenous person; inhabitant of a country; local; native; local lords and samurai; daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
daimyo in the Warring States period
ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people