branch road; byroad; side street; digression
end of life; death; annihilation
to be prolonged; to drag on
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
108; one hundred and eight; the number of kleshas, worldly thoughts and passions; the sum of 12 months, 24 seasons of the solar year, and 72 'climates' of one year
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
scenery; scene; landscape
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
plain; plateau; tableland
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
octagon; star anise (Illicium verum); sailfin poacher (Podothecus sachi)
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
whereabout; about where; how much
shō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 litres
rainfall; snowfall; alighting; descending
to admire a person's courage; to approve of someone's ambition
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
greenhouse; icehouse; cellar
square measure; size (e.g. of land); area; surface
possible; probable; likely
to the previous extent; as much as previously; as much as one used to
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
His Majesty the Emperor; the present emperor; the reigning emperor
to understand; to appreciate; to interpret
to leave (a mark, trace, etc.); to print; to stamp; (arch.) to be a sign of; (arch.) to be an omen for
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
brocade; fine dress; fine clothes
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)