point worthy of note; highlight; high point; good prospects for the future; promise
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
samurai; warrior; military family
traditional style of Japanese residential architecture
restoration of imperial rule
banquet or reception hall
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
point in common; common feature
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
famous place; name of a part (of an instrument, etc.); name and address
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
karamon; large gate with a karahafu gable (typically at a temple, shrine or castle)
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
the House of Tokugawa; the Tokugawas
metal fittings; metal fixtures
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
tension; mental strain; nervousness
carriage porch; entranceway; porte cochere
Kanou Tan'yuu (1602-1674)
images drawn or painted on fusuma
to understand from experience
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter
squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); ancient women's hairstyle; clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
power; authority; influence
revenge; making a new attempt where one previously failed; determination of a loser to win the next time
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number