is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
win; victory; beautiful scenery; scenic spot; counter for wins
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to be helpful; to be useful
to arrest; to capture; to seize
in the city; within the city
mountain; hill; mine; (mountain) forest; heap; pile; protruding or high part of an object
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to visit; to call on; to arrive (of a season, situation, etc.); to come; to appear
land near a castle; castle town
border (between countries); national border
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
mountain road; mountain trail
all night; throughout the night
to drop by; to stop by; to drop in; to approach; to draw near; to come close (to)
to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
home area; home town; local
people; men and women; each person; everybody
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
to treat (a guest); to receive; to entertain; to be hospitable to; to make welcome
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
readiness to die; (in the) face of death
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...