outermost region of the castle
to apply correspondingly; to correspond to; to be proportionate to; to conform to
make; workmanship; preparation
outside of; not covered by
arrow with a whistle attached; whistling arrow used to signal the start of battle
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; be that as it may
Heijō-kyō (ancient name of Nara)
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
suitable time; good time; propriety; moderation
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
to entrust; to leave to a person
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to set about preparations
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
to make publicly known; to profess to be; to pretend to be; to pass off for; to pose as
one stroke (of a brush); a few lines (of writing); note; writing in one go (without stopping to apply more ink to the brush); parcel (of land); same handwriting
residence; mansion; estate; dwelling
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
to sway to and fro; to drift about; to flutter; to be fickle; to be irresolute; to vacillate
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in
to be dark; to be dull; to be unassuming; to be inconspicuous; to not stand out
in groups of twos and threes; in small groups
to gather in large groups
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb