bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
children's song; nursery rhyme
decapitation; beheading; firings; dismissals; small samurai sword used for decapitation
to chop off; to snip off; to cut off (e.g. a conversation); to fire (a person)
to be opposite; to face each other
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
inscription; epitaph; epigraph
commemorative plaque (usu. on a stone); stone monument (bearing an inscription)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
in good health; alive and well; going strong
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
front; frontage; facade; main
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
reduced scale; scaling down
cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); inside the line; in; inside; enter here; enter