to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
building; construction; group effort by Buddhist practitioners; group activities by a community (e.g. cleaning, etc.)
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
reason; cause; circumstances
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
river; stream; River; the ... river
third son; Occella iburia (species of poacher)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Tarō (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
to have a talk; to tell a story
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
here and there; in places
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
memory; sense; experience
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to recall; to remember; to recollect