secondary residence; vacation home; villa
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
face; looks; vestiges; trace
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
castle tower; keep; donjon
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
Kagoshima (city, prefecture)
distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert
Kamakura period (1185-1333 CE)
to govern; to manage; to subdue
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
you; (arch.) your residence
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself
horse riding; horseback riding; horseback rider
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
to run around; to bustle about; to busy oneself
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
loveable; very likeable; like very much