moat; fosse; canal; ditch
malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back
to brave; to risk; to harm; to afflict; to desecrate; to profane
out of necessity; with no other option; perforce; unavoidably; reluctantly; unwillingly
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
reception hall (esp. for visiting state dignitaries); guest house; State Guest House (esp. Akasaka palace, also guest house in Kyoto)
slatted shutter; louver door (window)
to trust; to relax one's guard (around)
grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive
to begin talking; to open up
to govern; to manage; to subdue
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
so miserable that it is painful to look at; can't bear to look at; painful to watch
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
neighboring town; neighbouring town; adjacent town
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
tsubo; traditional unit of land area, approx. 3.31 square meters; tsubo; traditional unit of fabric or paper area, approx. 9.18 square centimeters; tsubo; traditional unit of leather or tile area, approx. 918 square centimeters
fields (of rice and other crops)
work; business; company; study
fingernail mark; scratch; scars (e.g. of war); traces (of damage); ravages
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
player (of music, instrument, etc.)
year after year; as the years go by; with each passing year
to make sacrifices for; to pay dearly for
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
vagrancy; wandering; nomadism
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
Zarathustra; Zarathushtra; Zoroaster
to be thoroughly attracted by; to be completely fascinated by