Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
complete change; about-face
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
impregnable castle; inner castle citadel; golden castle (nickname for Nagoya Castle)
castle construction; building a castle; fortification
planning; project; plan; design
outline; summary; gist; roughly; about; nearly
completion of construction
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
sending; forwarding; shipping
castle tower; keep; donjon
five-storied; quintuplicate; fivefold
inner citadel; core; center; centre
outermost region of the castle
innumerable; countless; numberless
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to ask a high price; to overcharge
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
this world; this life; world of the living
night view; night skyline; nightscape
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor