cowardly; timid; easily frightened
clever; bright; sharp; wise; intelligent; sagacious
those (near the second person)
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
political measures; policy
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
power; might; authority; influence
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
to be collected; to be gathered (e.g. mushrooms, etc.); to be harvested; to be able to collect; to be able to mine
chief; main; principal; major
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
worldly affairs; ways of the world
to succeed; to bear fruit
picking; collecting; harvesting
a long time ago; in those days
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
older brother; elder brother
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period
heir; inheritor; successor
will; testament; last request
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
to engage in a bloody feud; to have a family quarrel; to quarrel with one's own flesh and blood; (lit.) to wash blood for blood
succession struggle; succession race
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing