road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee
retainer; retinue; servant
infancy; childhood; tender age
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
instructor; tutor (to a prince)
proceeding to the capital
inseparably; always together
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
in comparison to; rather than
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
illegitimate child; secret love child
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
yaksha (Buddhist guardian deities sometimes depicted as demonic warriors)
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
to turn towards; to point
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
battlefield; battleground
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
(divine) punishment; curse; retribution
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
nembutsu; nenbutsu; nianfo; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
bravery; courage; heroism
to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)