to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
indigenousness; being native (to a region); settling (of people); native; indigenous; aboriginal
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
to fall on one's shoulders (e.g. responsibility, duty)
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
past forty; following right course
daily life; daily routine; while awake or asleep; at all times; day in, day out; constantly
safety; welfare; well-being
gracious command or words
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
twenty-fifth day of the month; twenty-five days
ignoring; acting as if it is nothing
national border; provincial border
to be sore; to be inflamed; to be bleary; to be dissipated; to be dissolute; to indulge in
Kiso valley section of the Nakasendo
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
Fukushima (city, prefecture)
warm country; warm region
crossroads; intersection; crossway; carrefour
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
to forget; to fail to recognize; to fail to recognise
sagacity; wisdom; intelligence
to twine (fibers to make rope); to twist
temple hall with a Kshitigarbha (Jizo) image
bishop wood (Bischofia javanica); barked tree; red tree
the other day; recently; this time; on this occasion
to yearn for (someone, something); to miss
old body; aged person; elderly person
fossil; petrifaction; petrification; fossilization
drearily; with desolation; with loneliness (esp. the rain and wind)
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
giant star; great person; giant; superstar
floating and sinking; rise and fall; ebb and flow; ups and downs