border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
every place; various places
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
great mandala (in Shingon); mandala with an image of each deity
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction
northward; facing the north; nobleman's true wife
(historical) government office
rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; uncool; unstylish
(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to quit; to resign; to decline; to turn down
hidden; concealed; unknown; passing away; dying; death
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
this duty; this task; this job; I (as the person in charge of this task)
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
first sound of cicadas of the year
woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
(the) positive; yang (in Chinese divination); the open; visible place
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity
soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction
zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects; hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)
ordinary; common; mediocre
appearance; air; mien; getup
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
imperial mausoleum; Emperor's tomb; big hill
wandering samurai; soldier of fortune; brigand; hermit; mountain ascetic; itinerant priest
mountain-dwelling robber; brigand
cone (e.g. pine, hemlock)
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated