whatever the case; under any circumstances
to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
stigma; dishonour; dishonor; infamy
to put to shame; to humiliate; to disgrace; to rape; to assault; to violate
to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice; to speak emphatically
ancestor; forefather; foremother
to come into being; to be born
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
to detain; to check; to restrain
one's long-cherished desire
husband and wife; married couple
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
each time it happens; at all such times
ending up right back where one started
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to push (a thing) out; to jut out (can have a negative nuance); to protrude; to rise out the trap door (on stage)
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
in proportion to; just as much as
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
(amount of a samurai's) stipend
ration; stipend; allowance
person with a humble salary; person of a low condition
Kamakura period (1185-1333 CE)
powerful family; powerful clan
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
Iwashiro (former province located in the west of present-day Fukushima Prefecture)
noted family; noble family; prestigious school, organization, business, etc.
remote ancestor; forefather
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
rating; classification; allocation; grading