to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
you; (arch.) your residence
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to govern; to manage; to subdue
Kamakura period (1185-1333 CE)
distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert
Kagoshima (city, prefecture)
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
castle tower; keep; donjon
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
face; looks; vestiges; trace
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
secondary residence; vacation home; villa
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
artificial hill (in a garden)
brocade; fine dress; fine clothes
(arch.) large river (esp. the Yangtze); Lake Biwa
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
making use of the surrounding landscape as a part of the design of a garden; natural scenery used as the background in the landscaping of a garden
reception hall (esp. for visiting state dignitaries); guest house; State Guest House (esp. Akasaka palace, also guest house in Kyoto)
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
guest of honour; guest of honor; privileged guest; visitor