one's family and followers; one's whole clan
to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own
temple hall containing an enshrined image of Amitabha
to draw a bow; to oppose; to defy; to disobey one's superiors
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier); guandao; Chinese glaive
lower tier; lower step; lower column; low position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
insanity; an insane person
Kamakura shogunate (1185-1333)
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
Emperor Go-Daigo; Go-Daigo Tenno (1288-1339 CE, reigning: 1318-1339 CE)
Kenmu Restoration (1333-1336)
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
eastern country; eastern provinces; Kanto provinces
grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely
authority; power; influence
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
acting without restraint; self-indulgence; wild license; being pretentious; putting on airs; foppery
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
at one's sweet will; doing whatever one pleases; however one pleases
indulging in every possible luxury
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
tide; current; tendency; trend
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
grapple; scuffle; fight; defeating one's enemy on the battlefield