head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
direct control; direct supervision
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)
executives; top management; governing body
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari
completely relying on others
influence; clout; leverage
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
surname; family name; last name
stoppage; interruption; cessation; suspension
bhava (becoming, existence)
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
revival; restoration; resuscitation
ideal; perfect; most suitable; just right
donation; contribution; offering
daily necessities; everyday goods
to anticipate; to foresee
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
illegitimate child; secret love child
history of; experience of
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
to lie down; to retire; to go to bed (with an illness)
greeting; a fine thing to say
to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)
falsehood and truth; fiction and fact
to weave together; to interweave; to intermingle
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
to roll around laughing; to fold up; to hold one's sides with laughter
Emperor Ogimachi; Ogimachi Tenno (1517-1593 CE, reigning: 1557-1586 CE)
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
Amida Buddha's original vow; long-cherished desire