Yamaguchi (city, prefecture)
town planning; urban development; community development; creating a community
traditional (Chinese or Japanese) dry landscape garden
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
belief; faith; conviction
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
center of a noh stage; Shōchū era (1324.12.9-1326.4.26)
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
Genkō Incident (1331-1333); Genkō War
Hōki (former province located in the central and western parts of present-day Tottori Prefecture)
on board a ship; aboard a ship
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
facing north; northern exposure
great mountain; large mountain
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
extension; elongation; prolongation; Enchō era (923.4.11-931.4.26)
precipitous cliff; sheer precipice; critical situation
precipice; cliff; flat head
stronghold; fortress; strategic position; key position
sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land; real-life location used as a setting in a novel, film, anime, etc.
temporary lodging built to accommodate an Imperial visit
presence (of a nobleman, the emperor, etc.); outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); My Lord; My Lady
to live in hiding; to live as a recluse
cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing
troop headquarters; stronghold; inn designated for use by a daimyo (Edo period)