itinerant Buddhist monk; practitioner of Shugendō
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
big gamble; big plunge; big mountain
Edo-period Shinto sect dedicated to the worship of Mt. Fuji
mutual aid; cooperation; benefit
group; party; team; organization; organisation; association
private; informal; among one's people (group, friends)
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
rebellion; uprising; insurrection; (arch.) treason
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki); western nations (esp. India or Europe); thirty-three temples in the Kinki area containing statues of Kannon (Avalokitesvara); pilgrimage to the thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon
Bandō; former name of the Kantō region
going on a pleasure jaunt
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
ten rulers of the afterlife (who judge the dead and determine their placement in their next life)
Yama; judge of the afterlife
to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
temple festival; fair; fete day; day related to a particular deity and thought to bring divine blessing to those who celebrate it
social unrest; public anxiety
tankōbon; (manga) volume; (comic) trade paperback; single book (as opposed to magazine, anthology, etc.); separate volume
small-format paperback book; pocket paperback
to incorporate; to include; to fill (a vessel) with
improvement (to a piece of writing or painting); revision; correction; touching up
rewriting (book); renewal; transfer of ownership
point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
to be smeared; to be covered
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
untrodden (region, field of study, etc.); unprecedented (discovery, achievement, etc.)
error; mistake; slip; bug
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating
consequence; result; conclusion
expansion; swelling; increase; growth