mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
determining a speaker's true or hidden meaning; determining a speaker's intentions from his manner of speech; (arch.) divining good or bad luck from listening to someone
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
that's a different matter; that's a different story
vague; unclear; elusive; hazy
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
paltry amount of money; cheapness; worthlessness; three one-mon coins
it's not like; it isn't as if
to be helpful; to help; to be of assistance; to come in handy
Buddhist priest; monk; son (of others)
chief priest (of a Buddhist temple)
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
Zen dialogue; Zen questions and answers
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
samurai; warrior; military family
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
how many years; how long; what year
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
the two views (of an object) referring to the same thing; being inseparable like the two sides of an object; two sides of the same coin
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
Namu Amida Butsu; Hail Amitabha Buddha; Homage to Amida Buddha; prayer for rebirth in Sukhavati, the Pure Land of Amitabha
extinction; discontinuation; severance; rupture; to become extinct; to cease to exist
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
door; gate; opening; title page
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue