going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
highest rank among priests; mountain ascetic monk; signs that distinguish Buddhist teachings from other faiths; title given to a great physician or painter
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
to state; to express; to mention
Wood Rat (1st year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044)
night chat; tale told at night; evening tea party (starting around 6pm); book of informal essays
of course; certainly; naturally
Awa (former province located in the south of present-day Chiba Prefecture)
foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
number one; first; best; most; game; round
Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
wooden statue; wooden image; wooden idol
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
meaning; significance; sense
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
Kanto region (incl. Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures)
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
(religious) faith; belief; creed
to prosper; to flourish; to thrive; to become popular; to become widespread
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
this world; this life; world of the living
the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)