to soothe; to calm; to pacify
to stop crying; to cry oneself out
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)
to be filled with grief; to be overcome with sorrow
to subsist; to keep on living
of all people; a person of ...'s standing
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
Kiso valley section of the Nakasendo
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
hitting a ball; batting; stroke
to be worried; to be troubled
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to turn back; to go back; to repeat; to send back; to bring back; to retrace one's steps
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
unknown; obscure; insignificant
Heike family; Taira family
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care; to kill with one's own hands; to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job); to request that someone deal with (something)
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
in person; personally; (do) oneself
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)
Hida (city, region of Gifu Prefecture, Edo-period province)
fold; pleat; folds (e.g. of a mountain); crease; (hidden) detail; nuance
village; hamlet; countryside; country
tribe; clan; (taxonomical) tribe; group (of the periodic table)