crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
powerful family; powerful clan
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
after that; afterwards; thereafter
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
aggression; invasion; raid
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
in succession; one by one
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to rise in revolt; to raise the standard of revolt
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
long (time); longstanding; for a long time
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
in the meanwhile; during the time
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together; to bring to a conclusion; to wrap up