to say goodbye; to bid farewell
important task; important duty; important mission; heavy responsibility
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
with spirit; courageously; resolutely
outline; summary; gist; roughly; about; nearly
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
many; a lot; much; multitude
seeing one off; farewell; escort
flood of emotions; many thoughts
to loathe to part (with); to be reluctant to leave (someone)
(your, his, her) daughter
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
written seal; stylized signature
signature or written seal at the end of a document
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
vengeance; revenge; retaliation
diploma; licence; license
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
base (military, expedition, etc.)
Fuke school (defunct sect of Zen Buddhism)
light and darkness; light and shade
sect; denomination; tenets (of a religious sect)
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
type of yarn-dyed silk goods
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
canopy; dome; priestly minstrel's reed hood; reed hood worn by Komuso priests
too much; excessively; too
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
traces; footprints; whereabouts
Nakasendo (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
Kiso valley section of the Nakasendo
Shinshū (alt. name of former Shinano province)
standing position (working, sex, etc.); erect position; upright position
Nagano (city, prefecture)
"gentleman" who escorts a woman home, only to make a pass at her
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse