to slope; to descend; to slide (snow, etc.)
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress
being filled with; being full of; permeation
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion
ambition; the Buddha's great vow (to save all people)
branch of a sacred tree (esp. sakaki) with paper or cotton strips attached (used as an offering); sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica)
occasional; infrequent; rare
twenty-second day of the month; twenty-two days
defense of one's country; defence of one's country
memorial service for the dead; holding a service
one mountain; pile (of something); heap; hump; worst part; large profit
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
autumn colours; fall colors; leaves turning red; red leaves; leaves turning yellow; yellow leaves; (Japanese) maple (Acer japonicum)
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
printed program; printed programme
servant; valet; (arch.) someone who works in close quarters with the emperor or imperial family; (arch.) low-ranking official who works for the imperial family or nobility (under the Ritsuryo system); (arch.) ox-tender for oxcarts; (arch.) horse boy
counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding); counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant; counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.; even number; 109.09 m
looking and listening; (television) viewing; watching; (public) attention; interest
dressing up in fine clothes; splendid clothes; one's best clothes
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
honest; upright; faithful; reliable
teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
tool; implement; means; furniture
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
officiating priest; presiding priest at a ceremony; religious teacher; highly-ranked priest; guru; instructor (yoga, etc.)
millionaire; one's superior; one's elder; (arch.) virtuous and gentle person; (arch.) female owner of a whorehouse in a post town; (arch.) chief of a post town
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)