to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
river; stream; River; the ... river
sunlight; sunshine; sunbeams
Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
88 years old; (arch.) rice
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
two (long cylindrical things)
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
number one; first; best; most; game; round
important position; strategic point; important point; main point; essentials
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
weather; climatic conditions; fine weather; clear day; situation; state of affairs
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
mountain road; mountain trail
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis
many; much; plenty; hardly
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
cool; calm; composed; easy; simple
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
visit (to a religious site, e.g. shrine, temple, grave)
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
day-by-day renewal; rapid progress
instructor; (fencing) teacher; model
life circumstances; lifestyle; (family) finances
resentment; grudge; pent-up anger; frustration; bitterness
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
design (on a banner); emblem (on a flag); insignia; banner (e.g. of democracy); slogan; cause
government forces; loyalist army
pennant; gold-brocade flag