Meguro City (special ward of Tokyo); Bonin white-eye (Apalopteron familiare)
Shibuya, a special ward in Tokyo
first-year (university) student; freshman; (one of the) first graduates of a new school
official name; formal name
lively; vigorous; sprightly; animated; vivid
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
to be plump; to be chubby
to be Instagrammable; to be Insta-worthy; to look attractive enough to post on social media; to be photogenic
drinking place; bar; izakaya; sake-producing area
Fushimiinaritaisha (in Kyoto)
scenic; beautiful; picturesque
Azuchi-Momoyama period (approx. 1558-1600)
castle construction; building a castle; fortification
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
to prosper; to flourish; to thrive
Sakamoto Ryōma (1836-1867; samurai and politician)
commencing with; including
loyalty to the Emperor (especially during the late Edo period movement to overthrow the shogunate)
imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation
brewing (sake); distilling (e.g. whisky)
happi coat; happy coat; workman's livery coat; traditional Japanese straight-sleeved coat
customer traffic; customers; custom
descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
brewery (sake, soy); brewer; (arch.) warehouse overseer
small vase for one or two flowers; flower arrangement of one or two flowers
pearls thrown before swine; unused possession; useless possession; waste of talent
(drinks) coaster; roller coaster; coaster brake (on a bicycle)
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
chief brewer at a sake brewery