entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
construction worker; laborer (labourer); navvy
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
fortress; castle; citadel; enclosure; castle walls
excavation; cutting; digging
splendid work; masterpiece
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
acting as go-between; good offices
drink at home with one's evening meal; dinner-time drink
shōchū; Japanese spirit distilled from sweet potatoes, rice, etc.
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
at work; in the midst of work; working
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
house where the family is out
family; members of a family
same; similar; (just) like; equal
senior town administrator (Edo period)
restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
instead; but (on the other hand)
inside of a castle; area surrounded by castle walls
knife attached to the sheath of a sword
rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; uncool; unstylish
please; somehow or other; one way or another
neighbouring house; neighboring house
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
enclosure; fence; storage (of fruit, vegetables, etc.); partitioned area of a room for conducting tea ceremonies; mistress; castle
sliding door (esp. when removed from its frame and used for carrying things or people); large flounder
just because; even if; even though
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling