moat; fosse; trench; ditch
carving; engraving; chiselled features
triple; treble; threefold; three-ply; triplicate
outermost region of the castle
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
well curb consisting of wooden beams crossed at the ends; pattern resembling the symbol #; parallel crosses; number sign; hash
seasoning; flavour; condition; state; (state of) health; physical condition
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
to have meaning; to be meaningful
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
notable; important; chief; valuable; conspicuous; outstanding
large feudal domain; large fiefdom; powerful clan
Owari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
from time immemorial; ancient; time-honoured; time-honored
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
castle construction; building a castle; fortification
fine castle; famous castle
guess; conjecture; supposition; inference
Keichō era (1596.10.27-1615.7.13)
first term; first half-year; preceding period; early period
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
until now; so far; up to the present
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
the House of Tokugawa; the Tokugawas
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
to start singing (of birds, etc.)
to let out a roar (hum, groan, moan); to produce a loud noise
birdlime; Nepal holly (Ilex integra)
Japanese photinia (Photinia glabra)
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
how admirably; how wonderfully; how skillfully
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
quiet; still; surreptitious
to make a payment via bank deposit transfer; to discard another player's winning tile
in good health; alive and well; going strong
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
having said that; be that as it may
knowing only too well; being fully aware of