as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
ascetic monk; trainee monk
one's family temple; temple with one's family grave
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
establishment; foundation
founding a temple (on a hill-top)
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
Sunpu (old name for Shizuoka City)
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
Shizuoka (city, prefecture)
Shizuoka prefecture (Chūbu area)
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
war; battle; match; game; competition
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
concentration (of efforts, forces, etc.); gathering together; regimentation; marshalling; mobilization
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
badness; evilness; bad; evil
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
plan; project; attempt; plot; scheme; undertaking
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
central figure; pillar (e.g. of the nation); chief; boss; master carpenter; beams and ridge supports of a roof
Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family
(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
state; condition; circumstances; sight; spectacle
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous