circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
various; a variety of; all kinds of; many; diverse
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
notes; comment; remark; annotation
to affix; to append; to entrust; to refer; to follow (the leader); to submit (a document, etc.)
certainly; really; truly; possibly; maybe; perhaps
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
classic (work, esp. book); the classics
something like ...; something called ...
in comparison to; rather than
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
being orientated (towards); pointing (towards); directional (e.g. microphone); -oriented
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
tradition; legend; folklore
romantic story; colorful story; colourful story; highly embellished story
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
to dig up; to unearth; to uncover
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
based on; on the basis of
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
the form of a Buddhist priest; priestly attire
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
Kanze style (noh); Kanze school of noh
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
Ise pilgrimage; pilgrimage to the Ise Grand Shrine
attaining Buddhahood; becoming a Buddha; entering Nirvana; going to heaven; resting in peace; dying (peacefully)
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not