picturesque scenery; place of scenic beauty; advantageous position; strategic location
most part; greater part; majority
villa; daimyo's suburban residence
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
overflowing; flood; inundation; oversupply; plethora
riverbank; riverside; market on the riverbank (esp. fish market); place (for activities); venue
narrow-minded; intolerant; petty
(arch.) eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); (arch.) eastern provinces; (arch.) east; wagon; yamatogoto; my spouse
(arch.) eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); (arch.) eastern provinces; (arch.) east; wagon; yamatogoto
force of water (current, stream, jet, etc.)
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
in short; in a nutshell; in a word; to cut a long story short
is something that; is that which
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
delivery of a vehicle (to its new owner)
engineering works; civil engineering; public works
completion (of a building)
rebellion; uprising; insurrection; (arch.) treason
what people say; rumours; public opinion
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
nineteenth day of the month; nineteen days; (arch.) fool; (arch.) simpleton
townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
loss (of something); disadvantage; mistake; error; flaw; defect
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
approach (to a castle gate); front of a structural member
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
official bulletin board (esp. Edo period); highest bid; highest tender; your letter
crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over
conquest; subjugation; overcoming; chastisement; punishment; punitive expedition
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
almost; roughly; approximately
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly