new building; new construction
sunlight; sunshine; Nikkō (city in Tochigi); Suryaprabha (bodhisattva)
temple lodgings (for visiting monks or pilgrims); temple guesthouse; monk's quarters
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
restoration; repair; mending
three large cities (esp. Edo, Kyoto, and Osaka during the Edo period)
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (e.g. last month); for (e.g. 20 years)
treasure house; treasury; financial supporter; patron; financier
war funds; war chest; campaign fund
saving; savings; accumulation; putting aside; reserving
chartered ship; chartering or hiring a vessel
construction; building; newly built ship; new boat; (another's) wife (usu. young); young, unmarried woman; wife of a samurai or wealthy tradesman
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
successfully; nicely; (yummy) food; yum-yum
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
to destroy; to break (by striking); to smash; to ruin (a plan, atmosphere, etc.); to spoil; to wreck
inside of a castle; area surrounded by castle walls
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
water used for firefighting; water used to put out fires; channel supplying firefighting water; drinking-water source (of a castle or fort); enclosure securing a castle's water supply
hand-operated firefighting pump (used throughout the Edo and Meiji periods); water pistol; squirt gun; water gun
going around; patrol; round; tour
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
eye; eyes; sight; vision; looking
polite; courteous; hospitable; careful; handled with great care; treated with attention
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to exterminate; to eliminate; to eradicate; to suppress
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
chopsticks; (something) at hand; (in) one's possession; (near) one's hands
contrary to one's wishes; gone awry; gone amiss; short of money; in financial difficulty
to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.); to cull; to run on a curtailed schedule; to cut down; to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties)
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly