relay station (esp. on Edo-period highway); post station; stage
to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential
Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount
(walk) briskly; at a brisk pace; quickly
guidance; showing the way; guide; guidepost; signpost; waymark
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
retirement (to a temple of shrine) for prayer
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
old people; seniors; elders; old-timer
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
evening; night; nighttime
inn; tavern; basket used by travellers to carry food and other supplies; basket used by travellers to carry horse fodder
samurai for the shogunate
treat; banquet; feast; (arch.) running about
young man; youth; lad; servant boy; young shopboy
hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln
household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
topic; subject; rumor; talk; tale; story
taking something out; carrying out; providing money oneself; paying with one's own money; corbel; strengthening under a seam (clothing)
moderate; proper; just right
gradually; little by little; soon; before long; here and there; scattered
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
(arch.) mourning clothes; mourning; period of mourning
children and grandchildren; posterity; descendants
second (unit of time); arc second
bodhi; enlightenment; happiness in the next world
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
something to rely on; aid; someone to rely on; relative; reminder; memento
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
(religious) faith; belief; creed
to name; to call; to christen; to term
at any rate; in any event; either way; anyway
talented; gifted; prodigious; virtuoso; masterful
genius; prodigy; natural gift
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
deformity; malformation; strange shape; unusual shape
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health