orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim
construction; architecture (of buildings)
group; bunch; crowd; group
turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura
to remove; to get rid of; to exclude; to except; to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.)
to be reborn; to be reincarnated; to turn over a new leaf; to become a new person; to be reorganized; to be transformed
unchanged (from long ago); as it was in the past; same old; traditional
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
station; office; guardroom
traditional style of Japanese residential architecture
counter for places (offices, facilities, stations)
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
to rebuild; to reconstruct
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
feminine; womanly; female
to be enlivened; to be exhilarated; to be excited; to stand out; to contrast
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
retainer; attendant; escort
western citadel; west wing of the Edo castle (where the heir apparent or retired shogun would live)
to live; to reside; to inhabit
wet nurse; nursing mother
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
the same generation; coeval
to spend (time); to pass; to overdo (esp. alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); to take care of; to support
later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
group; body; party; company; troupe; gang
of the time; at the time; of the hour; in vogue; sought after
kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
to dismiss (an employee); to discharge; to divorce one's wife; to give a holiday; to give vacation time
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
to dismiss (from a position); to exempt; to excuse from; to forgive
to tell; to announce; to declare; to pass (a sentence); to order
blame; censure; rebuke; reproof
at that time; in those days
very young; little; childish; immature