authority; power; influence
few decades; many decades; several decades
accession to the throne; enthronement
nth generation; nth (person to occupy a position, e.g. president)
Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado; Go-Tsuchimikado Tenno (1442-1500 CE, reigning: 1464-1500 CE)
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
power; authority; influence
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
legitimate; orthodox; traditional
lineage; pedigree; family line; birth
Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
powerful local clan; local strongman
ancestor; forefather; foremother
Emperor Seiwa; Seiwa Tenno (850-880 CE, reigning: 858-876 CE)
descendant; posterity; offspring
commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians; great, unifying leader
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari
famous; well-known; renowned; your name
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
grant; bestowal; giving something to someone of low social standing (by a person of very high social standing)
(social) position; status
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
retired emperor; ex-emperor; former emperor; emperor emeritus
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
Muromachi shogunate (1336-1573)
the same rank; equality; apposition
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
eternity; perpetuity; permanence
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive