traveller's journal; traveler's journal; travelogue
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
to turn back; to go back; to repeat; to send back; to bring back; to retrace one's steps
tengu; long-nosed goblin; bragging; conceit; braggart
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed
mountain recess; deep in the mountains
88 years old; (arch.) rice
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
otherwise; or else; if not
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
to be erected; to be built
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
twenty-first day of the month; twenty-one days
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
strange occurrence; unusual occurrence; unexpected occurrence; grave and unexpected occurrence
heavy snow; "major snow" solar term (approx. Dec. 7)
swastika (esp. counterclockwise form as a Buddhist symbol); fylfot; swastika-shaped family crest; wow; yeah
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
itinerant Buddhist monk; practitioner of Shugendō
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
white vegetables or fish simmered without soy sauce
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
injured person; wounded person; casualty
to appear; to reveal; to show
to surround; to crowd around
to make an incessant onslaught; to attack incessantly
desperation; struggle to the death