to grow light; to become white; to turn grey (gray)
dimly; faintly; with a faint light; warmly; friendly; in a heartwarming manner
dawn; daybreak; end; soon after something has ended; beginning (of a new year, month, etc.)
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
recitation (of a poem); chanting; singing; composition (of a poem); composed poem
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to rush out from one's mouth (words, phrases, etc.)
to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
outside Kyoto or the capital
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness
subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental
duplicity; treachery; double-dealing
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
itinerant Buddhist monk; practitioner of Shugendō
Iga (former province located in the west of present-day Mie Prefecture)
warrior; soldier; courageous person; strong person
horn; antler; antenna; feeler; horn-like projection (e.g. peaks of whipped cream)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
having weak legs; slow walker
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
to be conspicuous; to stand out
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
together; at the same time; same; identical
in the future; another day; later
to promise; to abridge; to simplify; to reduce