mountain recess; deep in the mountains
Leontopodium japonicum (species of perennial closely related to edelweiss)
love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
Urashima's casket (in the story of Urashima Tarō); Pandora's box; one's closely guarded treasure
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
fully satisfied (with an explanation, apology, etc.); happy; cleared of doubt
diligent student; studious person
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
fluent (in a language); flowing
Kyoto dialect; Kyoto accent
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to think of; to come up with
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
irresistible; overwhelming
the country; countryside; rural districts; cultivated land; fields
travels; pilgrimage; itinerancy
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
(not) ever; (not) at all; (not) on any account; deepest bottom of the earth
environment; circumstance
to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl
elder daughter; older daughter
ginger (Zingiber officinale)
to constrict one's chest; to wring one's heart; to wrench one's heart
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
to entertain; to make welcome
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
to string along (of rope, etc.)
Japanese laurel; spotted laurel; Aucuba japonica; live tree