to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
drinking place; bar; izakaya
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
Fushimiinaritaisha (in Kyoto)
emotion; feeling; atmosphere; mood; spirit
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
entrance door; front door; gateway (to a region, etc.)
scenic; beautiful; picturesque
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
Azuchi-Momoyama period (approx. 1558-1600)
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
castle construction; building a castle; fortification
one large ...; a great ...
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
river; stream; River; the ... river
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
Sakamoto Ryouma (1836.1.3-1867.12.10)
commencing with; including
imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
samue; monk's working clothes
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to sweep; to brush; to clean; to gather silkworms
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
twilight; sunset; dusk; evening
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet