to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
invitation; introduction; temptation
all over Japan; throughout Japan
row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally
eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to be rich in; to abound in; to be abundant in; to be rich; to be wealthy
to accompany; to go with; to go together
traveler's guardian deity (traveller)
ancestor worshipped as a deity
mountain god; one's wife (esp. a nagging wife); roughskin sculpin (Trachidermus fasciatus)
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
in the future; another day; later
bill; handbill; flier; flyer; leaflet; poster
terse; concise; simple and clear
association; fellowship; change (of season, year, etc.)
stairs; stairway; staircase
even number; even; spouse; mate
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
preceding paragraph; first part
confusion; mixing; merger
susceptible; vulnerable; prone (to)
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
eastern part; the east (of a region)
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
to become settled; to be fixed
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
windings; meanderings; complications; twists and turns