head house (family); birthplace; originator
retainer; retinue; servant
samurai; warrior; military family
this family; we; this house
branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family
Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari
retainer; vassal; servant
family positioned to accede to the shogunate
court noble; nobility; Imperial Court
head of family; originator
another family; another house
the House of Tokugawa; the Tokugawas
employer's house; master's house
good family; respectable family; decent family
three noble families (Kan'in, Kazan'in, and Nakanoin or Koga); three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito)
house of a prince of the blood
layperson; layman; laywoman; country home; farmhouse; cottage
the said family; the same family
Senke school of tea ceremony
line of regents and advisers (advisors)
family of Shinto priests serving a shrine on a hereditary basis
Zen; Zen temple; Zen priest
imperial prince's family; family of a prince of royal blood
diviner (esp. of the Yin and Yang system); sorcerer; exorcist; medium
diviner (esp. of the Yin and Yang system); sorcerer; exorcist; medium
rich family; distinguished family
family which supports a temple; parishioner
Hakke Shinto (Shinto tradition transmitted by the House of Hakuo Shirakawa); Hakuke Shinto