lineage; pedigree; family line; birth
Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
powerful local clan; local strongman
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
ancestor; forefather; foremother
Emperor Seiwa; Seiwa Tenno (850-880 CE, reigning: 858-876 CE)
descendant; posterity; offspring
Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians; great, unifying leader
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
unification of the whole country
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari
giving one's name (or rank, etc.); self-introduction; name readings of kanji
famous; well-known; renowned; your name
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
due form; official; formality
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
grant; bestowal; giving something to someone of low social standing (by a person of very high social standing)
(social) position; status
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
one's confidant; trusted friend; trusted retainer
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
retired emperor; ex-emperor; former emperor; emperor emeritus
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
Muromachi shogunate (1336-1573)
the same rank; equality; apposition
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
eternity; perpetuity; permanence