than; other than; except; but
10,000,000; ten million; extremely large number; myriad
to wither (esp. plants as winter draws near); to fade; to shrivel; to pass one's prime; to start deteriorating; to begin to decline
to be remembered; to go down in history
pure; innocent; naive; unspoilt; pure-hearted; ingenuous
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
wholehearted; earnest; determined; intent; single-minded; straightforward
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
morning and evening; all the time
to offer flowers (e.g. at grave); to leave flowers
plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)
plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
mountain road; mountain trail
branch (of flowers); cluster; mass (of clouds)
Bandō; former name of the Kantō region
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
white stone; white (go pieces)
mysteries; excellent methods; marvelous law of Buddha; Saddharma; Lotus Sutra; teachings of the Lotus Sutra
three mountains; three shrines (of Kumano); three kingdoms (of 14th and 15th-century Okinawa)
(Shinto) shrines and (Buddhist) temples
groom; footman; steward; intendant; (arch.) head of an institution, esp. religious; (arch.) head of one institution serving also as the head of another
family of Shinto priests serving a shrine on a hereditary basis
souvenir store; gift shop
visit to a temple or shrine; worship; pilgrimage
town originally built around a temple or shrine
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.); (arch.) counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
counter for houses, households, apartments, etc.
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions
glutinous rice with red beans (eaten on celebratory occasions); mochi rice with red beans
to bolt down (food); to gulp down; to shovel (into one's mouth)
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough