deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
Shugendō practitioner; mountain ascetic; Shugendō
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range
cherry tree in leaf; cherry tree whose blossoms have fallen, revealing the young leaves
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
author; writer; novelist; artist
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
trial; judgement; judgment
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
is not ... either; is (neither ...) nor ...; nor is it ...; does not ... either; (neither ...) nor ...; does not even ...
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
as (it is); remaining (in a state); with (e.g. one's eyes closed, the light on); while (e.g. standing, alive); as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); according to
end; close; conclusion; termination
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
fact; truth; reality; in fact; actually
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
scene of the crime (offense, offence)
inner sanctuary; inner shrine; sanctum sanctorum; holy of holies; place behind main hall of a temple enshrining temple founder, miraculous Buddhas, hidden statues, etc.
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
victim; injured party; sufferer
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
suffix for familiar person
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryō system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654 m by 654 m)
maiko; apprentice geisha (in Kyoto)
iris (flower); Siberian iris (Iris sanguinea); (arch.) sweet flag (Acorus calamus); (arch.) calamus
older sister; elder sister
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
death penalty; capital punishment
execution; carrying out; execution; lead monk performing various tasks in a temple