road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
region on Japan Sea side of Japan west of Tokyo; Nagano and Niigata
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam
barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
operation; functioning; running
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
headquarters; head office; main office
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
have a good day; take care; see you
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
to face; to go towards; to head towards
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
Nagano (city, prefecture)
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to wither completely (of a plant); to dry up completely; to drop all its leaves
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
should not be; must not be
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)