on countless occasions; many a time
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
entreaty; solicitation; earnest request
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
nowadays; in this day and age
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
to cense; to burn incense
to arrange (flowers); to plant
hand-copied sutras; copying of a sutra
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
cave; hollow; cavity; hollow
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
difficult to ...; hard to ...
trouble; bother; annoyance
returning to (one's home in) Tokyo; returning to (one's home in) the capital
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
delivery (of a package, goods, etc.)
negotiations; bargaining; dialogue; duet
hostile party; enemy side
to tell (to do); to order; to tell on (someone); to tattle; to often say
paulownia (Paulownia tomentosa); empress tree; foxglove tree
3 Japanese feet; waistband; belt; cloth girdle
feminine man; effeminate man; masculine woman; mannish woman
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
tenement house; row house
free-standing house; clump (e.g. of trees); group
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to hand over; to surrender
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
nothing but; none other than
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
barrier; checkpoint; checking station