rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
good omen; Sweden; Switzerland
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
bento; Japanese box lunch
one sweep (of the eye); sweeping view; unbroken view
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land
mountain range; mountain belt
outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
along; parallel to; in accordance with
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong
hut; house; boarding house; school dormitory; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
suspension bridge; viaduct; temporary bridge; mediation; go-between
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
preliminary announcement; previous announcement; portent; sign; forewarning
sect; denomination; tenets (of a religious sect)
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
gate in the middle of the corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture); central gate (between the main gate and main hall of a temple); central gate (separating the inner and outer gardens of a teahouse)
turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura
caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
many samurai; many gentlefolk
station; office; guardroom
to head towards; to direct one's steps to
scene; view; prospect; outlook
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
nth year in the Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
plateau; tableland; eminence
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
white plaster wall; tofu; bean curd