deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
still; even now; to this day
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
mud and tile wall topped with tiles
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
edict; public announcement
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
plane; sharpen; whittle; pare; shave (leather); scrape off
same person; said person; the person in question; coterie; clique; dōjin
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
association; link; connection; pledge (esp. for marriage); promise
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
taking turns; relieving the guard
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
science (inc. mathematics, medicine, etc.); natural science; science department (university); science course; science (as a school subject)
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing