highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
good; goodness; right; virtue
all sorts of; all kinds of
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
a little over; a little more than; strength; the strong; powerhouse; one of the biggest
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
mental charm; moral beauty
influence (on someone); inspiration
silly monk; foolish monk; I; me
science; to think about scientifically; to think in terms of science
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
iron (Fe); steel; iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.); railway; railway enthusiast
lattice; latticework; lattice door; check(ed) pattern; plaid
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
fortress; stronghold; citadel
large stone; boulder; dragon; long group of connected stones spanning a wide area
to dump (a load of something); to throw from a height; to throw downwards
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
castle construction; building a castle; fortification
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
four corners; four ordinal directions
labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
guard; sentinel; garrison
rather; better; instead; if anything
captain; commander; commanding officer; leader
practice; experience; habituation; being used to; being comfortable with; being experienced in
to come in (of light); to shine in; to stream in; to pour in
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
four; 4; four years of age; ten o'clock (in the old time system); burakumin; cross grips
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
use; utilization; utilisation; application
spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
manners; behavior; behaviour