moat; fosse; canal; ditch
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
here and there; in places
turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura
archer; bowman; bow-wielding soldier; crossbow soldier
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
to throw one's weight around; to exercise one's authority; to make one's presence felt
chief; leading; prominent; principal; main; important
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
from the viewpoint of; according to
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
one-thousandth; 0.03 mm (one-thousandth of a sun); 0.01 percent (one-thousandth of a wari); old monetary unit (0.0001 yen)
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
the House of Tokugawa; the Tokugawas
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze
single-storied house; single-storied building
shoji (paper sliding door)
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill
dressing in kimono without hakama (for a man); dressing casually
poor or lowly masterless samurai
chonmage; topknot hairstyle worn by men in the Edo period, and sumo wrestlers today; please do (for me)
to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten
female private parts; female genitals
palanquin; litter; bier; kago
sedan chair bearer; palanquin bearer; sedan chair business
(horse-drawn) cab; gharry; fiacre
to go past; to pass; to pass by
to keep watching; to continue looking at; to gaze at
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; development; improvement
undulation; ups and downs; highs and lows
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
geta; traditional Japanese wooden sandal; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character; net; geta
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on