reception hall (esp. for visiting state dignitaries); guest house; State Guest House (esp. Akasaka palace, also guest house in Kyoto)
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
about here; in this neighborhood
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping)
carving; engraving; sculpture; tattoo
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
draft; draught; handprint; signed hand-print
to take over; to hand over
wedding; bridal procession; marriage into a family
state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome
master; expert; expert board game player (chess, go, shogi, etc.)
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
one's home; hometown; native place; birthplace
collapsing in the street (from exhaustion, illness, etc.); falling dead in the street; person lying dead in the street
consenting to; being convinced of; being satisfied; understanding
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
cake served with tea; teacake
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
horizon (related to bodies of water)
stillness; repose; standing still
to proceed with; to continue with; to move on; to go forward; to pursue
fragment; one of the group or party
wild (plants, animals, etc.); uncouth; rough; unpolished
on the occasion of; at the time of
to give an order; to place an order; to have made to order
preparing to flee; being ready to run away
nata; sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting (often with a rectangular blade)
looking directly at; looking straight at; looking squarely at (e.g. a problem); facing (e.g. the truth); normal vision; emmetropia
to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)
bishop's staff; khakkhara
to give way to the light of the morning (i.e. the darkness gives way)
Japanese-style writing desk
sword skills; swordsmanship
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
to praise; to extol; to laud; to appreciate; to admire