babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
Tsushima (former province located on Tsushima Island in present-day Nagasaki Prefecture); Tsushima (island)
family; relatives; dependents; household
to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
to live through; to survive
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
turbulent (troubled) times; turbulent war period
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
historic landmark; historic site; historic remains
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
home area; home town; local
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
here and there; around and about
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
ascending trench or pathway cut into a naturally-occurring slope
hollow; cavity; hole; cave
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
place; situation; position; location
western part; the west (of a region); the West (United States)
high rice field; very fertile rice field
Nagano prefecture (Chūbu area)