vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
cold reception; inhospitality
to collect; to assemble; to gather
property; fortune; assets
(social) position; status
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
raising one's hand; show of hands (e.g. for a vote); salute
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to rattle; to be bumpy; to be shaky; to be unsteady
half-sitting posture; half-standing posture; half-rising posture; stooping position
good feeling; feeling good
(political) administration; political power
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari
Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
samurai; warrior; military family
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
society; public; community; social studies
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians; great, unifying leader
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
person of paramount authority; supreme wielder of power
job; work; duties; trade; skill
in form; ceremonial; for form's sake; pro forma
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for