lecture; sermon; preaching; moralizing; moralising
Jetavana Monastery (India); Jetavana-vihara
Gion (entertainment district in Kyoto)
separation of Buddhism and Shintoism (government policy during the beginning of the Meiji period)
birthplace; origin; cradle; motherland
each place; various places
scenic; beautiful; picturesque
aorta; (fig.) important traffic route
Settsu (former province located in the northern and central parts of present-day Osaka and the southeast of Hyogo prefectures)
departure place; place of departure
(air or sea) route; course; line; run
foreign delegation; foreign mission; diplomatic envoy
lighter; (small) cargo vessel
barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life
bombarding; shelling; bombardment
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
double-lined fusilier (Pterocaesio digramma); Taiwan (nickname); Takasago (classic noh play by Zeami)
being dotted with; being scattered
mountain villa; house in the mountains; mountain retreat
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
rather; better; instead; if anything
deep inside; innermost place
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
tide; tidal current; tendency; drift; trend
Tokushima prefecture (Shikoku)
strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern; cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern; Naruto (city in Tokushima); Naruto Strait; Naruto wakame
growth (to maturity); being brought up; growing up; raising