to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
stupidity; silliness; asininity; imbecility; dim-wittedness
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
unconventional; eccentric; offbeat; aberrant; outlandish; crazy
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
disparaging words; derogatory term; insult; epithet
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
to subsist; to keep on living
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
troubled times; turbulent times
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to govern; to manage; to subdue
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
left side; left-hand side
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables
to be led by; to be headed by
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
Muromachi shogunate (1336-1573)
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
acting shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
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
head of family; originator
being in the capital (i.e. Tokyo, or formerly Kyoto)
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of