assembly hall; parliament house; diet building; capitol; houses of parliament; congress hall
spire; steeple; pinnacle; minaret
head; lead; vanguard; first
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
transition; change; progress; passing (of time)
recollecting; reminiscing; looking back; retrospection; review
thousand years; very long period; forever
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
castle construction; building a castle; fortification
scale; scope; plan; structure
splendour; splendor; pompousness; magnificence
downtown high-rise area; street of office buildings; area of medium to tall business buildings
in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
approach (to a castle gate); front of a structural member
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; (arch.) that's right
(how) many times; (how) often
Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo); (Edo period) silver mint
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
dry and rough; desiccated; rustling
outskirts (of a town); run-down district
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
lush mountain; green mountain; grave; burial place
wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)
feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing
northward; facing the north; nobleman's true wife
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
newly-opened land; recently-settled region; frontier; new residential area; new development
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark