breath; breathing; concord; harmony; steam (coming off hot food, tea, etc.); (water) vapor
three; three years of age
fortress; stronghold; citadel
outer circumference; perimeter; outskirts; periphery
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
seeing (with the naked eye); observation; visual inspection
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
closing of a gate; (Edo-period) house confinement
guard; sentinel; garrison
a glance; a look; a glimpse
backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal
small gate; side gate; wicket gate; side door
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
handsome man; actor in a love scene
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
land near a castle; castle town
you could say; you might say; verging on the
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
to run through (a crowd, gate, etc.); to sweep through (e.g. of news through a city); to run past (someone) from behind; to overtake
fur; skin; pelt; kanji "fur" radical
wearing thick clothes; dressing warmly
comedian; actor who plays comic roles; figure of fun; laughing stock
beyond that point; after that
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
exterior; packaging; cladding; armor (armour); arm
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
carving; engraving; sculpture
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation