recognition; acquaintance
celestial sphere; the heavens
barren land; sterile soil; wasteland
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
to fall apart; to collapse; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; (arch.) to fall apart (one's body or health)
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
small hill; low hill; hillock
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
to drift; to blow together; to have the wind start to blow; to have the wind spring up
place hidden from view; cover; shelter; hiding place
northwestern part; the northwest
to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained
conifer; needle-leaved tree
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; guiding principle; guideline; guide
thin (paper, cloth, porcelain, etc.); of thin make; superficial (knowledge, critique, etc.); shallow; slight wound; slight cut
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
good handwriting; skillful penmanship; speedy writing; vigorous writing
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
old friend; old acquaintance
to be accustomed to traveling (travelling)
itinerary; travel plans; distance (of a trip); journey
mark (for quick identification or recognition); sign; landmark; guide; (arch.) trademark
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
drinking water; potable water
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
travelling incognito (traveling); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
ton (now usu. a metric ton, i.e. 1,000kg); tonne
standing; reserve; always having ready
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of