the Warring States period (of both Chinese and Japanese history)

politics

politician, statesman / a natural political leader

a warring state / Short for 戦国時代 (sengoku jidai): a Warring States period

庶子: an illegitimate child, a bastard / 疎食, 疏食, 蔬食: humble fare, a simple meal / 祖市: an ancestral or originating city or town

阻止, 沮止: to prevent, to block, to impede, to hinder something

祖神: the deification of an ancestor; epithet for Amaterasu as ancestor of the imperial family / 素心: an ordinarily held idea or ambition; the unspoiled and pure heart; the stamen of a white flower

蘇秦: Su Qin (?? - 284 BCE), a political strategist during the Warring States period of Chinese history

a house / one's own home / a home, household / a family

age, era, period (of time) / the times, spirit of the age / antiquity / a time in one's life, one's days (in college etc.)