teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to be helpful; to be useful
to arrest; to capture; to seize
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
land near a castle; castle town
national border; provincial border
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
mountain road; mountain trail
all night; throughout the night
letter; missive; note; mail
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
home area; home town; local
people; men and women; each person; everybody
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
to entertain; to make welcome
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
readiness to die; (in the) face of death
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...