remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
dominion; territory; possession
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
to play a leading role; to play a central part
Northern Europe; Nordic countries; Scandinavia
Western Europe; the West; the Occident; Europe
American continent; the Americas
whole nation; whole land; whole country
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
long-awaited; long-waited-for; someone who has waited a long time; something that one has waited impatiently for
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
furniture store; furniture dealer
Kaguya-Hime (main character of Taketori Monogatari); Princess Kaguya
Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo-Cutter)
Japanese person; Japanese people
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
to spit out; to eject; to dump
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken; to call (to mind); to bring back (memories); to evoke
intonation; accent; modulation; inflection
long ago; once upon a time
grandfather; male senior-citizen
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
one day; (on) a certain day
to name; to call; to christen; to term
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention