modern style; contemporary style; current fashion; verse form from the Heian and Kamakura periods consisting of 4 lines each divided into two parts of 7 and 5 syllables
rash; eruption (in response to a skin irritant); influence; crazy about; having an affectation concerning all things surrounding something (esp. a language, a culture, etc.)
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
to talk down; to corner someone in an argument
to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to govern; to manage; to subdue
Owari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
political friend; friend with the same political views
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
gods and men; godlike person; person as powerful as a god; (arch.) low-ranking Shinto priest
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
to claim lives; to cause deaths; to result in fatalities
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
carrying out one's duties; ruling a fief; ruling a territory given by one's liege; territory given by one's liege; fief
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods)
groom; footman; steward; intendant; (arch.) head of an institution, esp. religious; (arch.) head of one institution serving also as the head of another
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
Goshirakawahouou (1127.10.18-1192.4.26) (ex-emperor, later monk)
false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
be that as it may; even so; though that be so
quarrel; dispute; argument
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
to accuse somebody; to charge someone
at once; immediately; right now