to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to draw (a line); to demarcate; to mark; to plan
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
preceptor or high priest (esp. in Zen or Pure Land Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Tendai or Kegon Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Shingon, Hosso, Ritsu or Shin Buddhism); second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; monk (esp. the head monk of a temple); master (of one's art, trade, etc.)
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
return of the Emperor (from a visit); return of a shintai to its shrine
to rub; to scrub; to scrape; to draw near; to press
to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
while; during; performed in this condition
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
offering an opinion (to a superior, the government, etc.); proposal; suggestion; advice
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
in person; personally; directly
in person; personally; directly
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
that night; that evening; over the course of the evening
enquiry; inquiry; consultation
ruined temple; abandoned temple; temple ruins; closing a temple
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
maternal line; mother's side of the family
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)