east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
heavenly god; heavenly gods; spirit of Sugawara no Michizane; Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit); pit of a dried plum; dried plum; tenjin hairstyle
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
alighting (from a train, bus, etc.); getting off; getting out (of a car)
exit; way out; outlet; vent
destination (one is heading towards); goal
turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
with a sting; with a tingle; nervously; tensely; with a rip; with a ripping sound
to strain (e.g. one's nerves); to be on edge; to be tense (of an atmosphere); to cover completely (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.); to spread over; to become covered (in)
to disentangle; to untangle; to break up into pieces; to pick apart; to relieve; to ease
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
really; truly; indeed; very; extremely; terribly
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
to stretch (unbend) oneself
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; beautiful voice; woman with a beautiful voice
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543.1.31-1616.6.1), Shougun 1603-1605
imperial palace (esp. Kyoto Imperial Palace); imperial residence; residence of a shogun, minister, etc.; emperor; ex-emperor; empress
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
going to Kyoto; visiting Kyoto
building (a temple, palace, etc.); construction; erection
point worthy of note; good point; part worth seeing; (signs of) promise; good prospects (for the future)
momoyama; traditional japanese baked sweet, made by mixing white bean paste with sugar, egg yolk, and a small amount of flour
representation; representative; exemplification; typification; leader; switchboard number
samurai family; samurai class; samurai stock; samurai; warrior
traditional style of Japanese residential architecture
restoration of imperial rule
declaration; proclamation; announcement
main hall; great hall; large hall; reception hall
famous place; noted place; place of (scenic or historical) interest; sights (to see)
karamon; large gate with a karahafu gable (typically at a temple, shrine or castle)
solemn; sublime; grand; magnificent; impressive