desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
several items; many items
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
that kind; competition; match
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
main course (of a river); mainstream; main current (e.g. of thought)
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
ago; since; before; previous
little theater; small theater
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
contrast; antithesis; comparison
historic landmark; historic site; historic remains
new rice field; newly developed rice field; wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)
house where one was born; one's parents' house
parliamentarian; member of a congress
your honored father; your honoured father
historic ruins (remains, relics); archeological site
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
storehouse; warehouse; godown
plain wood; unfinished woodwork
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story
enthusiast; fan; lover; devotee; aficionado
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven