isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
north entrance; north exit
approach (to a castle gate); front of a structural member
cloth (for Japanese clothes); kimono fabrics; textile; silk fabrics
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
Shinsengumi; Edo period police and military force dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities
district; section; sector
prohibition; inhibition; ban
disk; disc; tray; shallow bowl; grid; board (e.g. in shogi)
going upstream; sailing against the current
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
casualties; the killed and wounded
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
fully loaded; full load; loaded condition
to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall
tipsy lurch; reeling gait; staggering gait
place near the mountains; hilly section of a city (e.g. Tokyo, Kobe, Yokohama)
here and there; this way and that way; everywhere; all over
site; point on a map; spot
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
single sound; monosyllable; phone; monotone (harmonica, etc.)
charm; talisman; tally; sign; mark; fu
rivet; tack; thumbtack; drawing-pin; hobnail
bygones; the past; past event
pathetic; sad; sorrowful; grievous
to make sacrifices for; to pay dearly for
ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
aspect; phase; phenomenon
extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce
noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject (philosophical); protagonist
to compete ruthlessly; (lit.) to sharpen swords