right mindfulness; true faith (in rebirth in the promised land)
to differ; to be different; to run counter to; to change (into something out of the ordinary)
dozens; scores of; decades
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
approximate age; age range
just because; even if; even though
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
high; noble; refined; advanced
to cite as an example; to refer to; to quote
to be unsteady; to reel; to shake; to waver; to be unsettled (feelings, thoughts, etc.)
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
dispersal; evacuation; removal; spreading out (troops); deployment
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
Tōtōmi (former province located in the west of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
tsubo; traditional unit of land area, approx. 3.31 square meters; tsubo; traditional unit of fabric or paper area, approx. 9.18 square centimeters; tsubo; traditional unit of leather or tile area, approx. 918 square centimeters
itinerant Buddhist monk; practitioner of Shugendō
to visit; (arch.) (original meaning) to make a noise
kami of the three main Kumano shrines
lesson; discipline; example (e.g. set a bad example); revelation
education; enlightenment; civilization; civilisation; indoctrination
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
dyeing; dyed goods; goods to be dyed
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
household economy; family finances
while; even though; despite
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone