homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
drinking place; bar; izakaya; sake-producing area
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
Fushimiinaritaisha (in Kyoto)
emotion; feeling; atmosphere; mood; spirit
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
entrance door; front door; gateway (to a region, etc.)
scenic; beautiful; picturesque
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
nobility; aristocracy; peerage
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
Azuchi-Momoyama period (approx. 1558-1600)
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
castle construction; building a castle; fortification
one large ...; a great ...
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
formation; molding; making (up); repair (e.g. with plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
to prosper; to flourish; to thrive
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
Sakamoto Ryōma (1836-1867; samurai and politician)
commencing with; including
loyalty to the Emperor (especially during the late Edo period movement to overthrow the shogunate)
imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
samue; monk's working clothes
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to sweep; to brush; to clean; to gather silkworms
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling