(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
Muromachi period (1333-1573)
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
it is not (like that) either
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
indigenous person; inhabitant of a country; local; native; local lords and samurai; daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
dual structure; double structure
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
(historical) army base; navy base
change; alteration; modification
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
embezzlement; misappropriation; usurpation
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
together; at the same time; same; identical
besides; in addition; also; moreover
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
attention seeker; look-at-me
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with