encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
one's way back; one's way home
priest; (arch.) member of one of the four administrative ranks in the ritsuryo system; (arch.) government official in charge of a town, esp. in Heian Kyoto; (arch.) prominent member of a town; river boatman; captain of a riverboat; (arch.) (medieval) harbor manager
pursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
vista; view; scene; counter for scenes (in a play)
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
the same; the said; likewise
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
gatha (poetic verse of a scripture)
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)
other (esp. people and abstract matters)
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
foundation; basic principles
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
outside help; help from without; salvation by faith
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
university or college offering four-year programs; the big four ...; the four major ...
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
eternal; everlasting; unchangeable; invariant
to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
three days and three nights
Little Kyoto; small town with historical features reminiscent of Kyoto
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
mono no aware; appreciation of the fleeting nature of beauty; pathos of things; strong aesthetic sense
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
to hand over; to surrender