fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
straight; directly; voyage; journey; straight road
beside a nobleman; close aid (of a nobleman, etc.); place where a high ranking person resides; one's own city (of a shogun, lord, etc.); place under one's direct control; one's own turf
the orders of one's ruler
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
first thing in the afternoon
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
strongly hoping or requesting (of something that is difficult to be brought to fruition)
to take care doing something; to be prudent; to take no chances; to play it safe
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
with a friendly grin; smilingly
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
brimming with health (vigor, vigour); full of vitality; full of health
fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
floating; buoyancy; fishing float; bobber; buoy; lifebuoy
the Dragon (fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Dragon (around 8am, 7-9am, or 8-10am); east-southeast; third month of the lunar calendar
ingrained habit; second nature
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
to restore one's energy; to restore one's spirits; to recharge one's batteries
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
great wisdom; excellent disposition; strength (to face something); willpower; vigor
negligent; neglectful; careless; remiss
minimum; at the very least
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
cannot help (doing, etc.); cannot resist; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
until now; so far; up to the present
manageable; tractable; easy to care for; easy to deal with; easy to handle
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)