dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat
Fukuoka prefecture (Kyushu)
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; eternal life and prosperity
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling
environment; circumstance
prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
though; notwithstanding; although
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
leading; foremost; preeminent; outstanding; one of the best
land near a castle; castle town
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
sake brewer; sake brewery
head house (family); birthplace; originator
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough
residence; abode; dwelling
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
advanced level; high grade; senior
class system; caste system; hierarchical system
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
place; situation; position; location
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
draft; draught; handprint; signed hand-print
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-