jpdb beta

pride

1

source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root

1

Yoritomo

1

base (of operations)

1

family positioned to accede to the shogunate

3

regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on

1

meritocracy; merit system

1

if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have

1

appointing to a responsible post; making much of

1

Shiba

1

far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention

2

Heike family; Taira family

1

acting shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)

1

(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)

1

judge (of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office); judicial officer; minister of justice; Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office

1

loyalty; devotion; fidelity; inspector of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (ritsuryo system)

1

one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn

1

lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy

1

to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize

2

to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward

1

decline; fall; decay; withering

1

match (contest); to match with; to go well with

1

race (of people); type of person

2

old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago

1

not necessarily so; is not always true

1

to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded

1

pessimism; disappointment

1

ridge of earth between rice fields; ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel; footpath between rice fields; causeway

1

to take (someone) by surprise; to do something unexpected

2

castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord

1

to invade

2

sudden; lightning; immediate; shocking

1

audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)

1

to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

1

to descend a river

2

court noble; nobility; Imperial Court

1

even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...

2

Nanbokuchō period (of Japan; 1336-1392); period of the Northern and Southern courts; period of the Northern and Southern dynasties (of China; 5th-6th c.)

1

Southern Court (of Japan; 1336-1392); Southern Dynasty; Southern Dynasties (of China; 420-589)

8

to carry weight; to be important; to have influence; to be a leading figure; to be esteemed

2

even now; still; as yet

2

Tomofusa

2

nth generation; nth (person to occupy a position, e.g. president)

4

a few years ago; some years back

1

tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.

21

religion; cult

1

the whole area; all areas

1

the question remains; it comes into question

1

in name; on paper

1

there; that place

1