げんぺい

げんぺい【源平】

〔源氏と平家〕 the Genji and the Heike (clans); the Minamoto and Taira clans; 〔争う 2 組〕 two rival parties [factions]; two opposing sides; 〔赤と白〕 red and white 《camps》.

●源平に分ける divide into two rival groups [parties]

・源平に分かれて勝負をする play a game [start a contest] by dividing into two teams [sides].

源平合戦[の争乱] 【日本史】 〔1180-85 年の〕the Genpei War; the Taira-Minamoto War; the Battles between the Genji and the Heike clans.

源平時代 the age of the rise and fall of the Genji and Heike clans (from the late-11th to the late-12th century).