journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
to do together; to share; to participate in
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
returning home; visiting one's parents; new bride's first visit to parents
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
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
to ask for permission (before doing something); to ask first
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
to worry about; to be vexed
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
heaven and earth; universe
Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount
national border; provincial border
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
a few hours; several hours; about two to six hours
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
one's home; hometown; native place; birthplace
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
hardships of poverty; serious poverty
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points