to slide down (snow, etc.)
sad news; news of a death; death notice
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
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)
springing up (in clusters); mushrooming
appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession
not only ... but (also); as well as ...
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
suddenly; all of a sudden; abruptly
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
loose articles (not packaged with other things); bulk items; individual items; coins; small change
look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression
back and front; opposition in the heart
to that extent; so (much)
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
Izumi (former province located in the southwest of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
since long ago; already; for quite a while; for some time now
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
going according to one's wishes; ceremonial sceptre used by monks when reciting sutras (scepter)
counter for wheels and flowers
to study; to complete (a course); to fix; to correct; to conduct (a Buddhist service)
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
fulfilment of a vow; fulfillment of a vow
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
trend; tendency; momentum
dense (vegetation); thick; prominent; popular; gloomy (mood)
motive power; driving force
caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods