to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
chairman of the Aikikai (Aikido World Headquarters)
female; smaller (of the two); weaker; (arch.) woman; (arch.) wife
Harima (former province located in the southwestern part of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)
rice cultivation; rice crop
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.
permanent; everlasting; lasting; very long; many years of
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
to take on a role; to take part
once in a lifetime; once in one's life
matsutake mushroom (Tricholoma matsutake)
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
matchless; unequalled; unequaled
to be forward; to be impertinent
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
last days; the end; one's fate
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
decision; settlement; definition
the past is the past; let bygones be bygones
contraband; taboo; strictly forbidden
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
responsibility; duty; obligation
lingering scent; lingering fragrance; residual aroma
to connect; to correlate; to associate; to relate; to link
Hyogo prefecture (Kinki area) (Hyougo)
ridgeline; lines of a mountain ridge
to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited
foot of a mountain; plain at the foot of a mountain; range; spread; extent
regular; well-regulated; systematic; orderly
division; section; demarcation; (traffic) lane; compartment; classification
the country; countryside; rural districts; cultivated land; fields
to fall into ruin; to be desolated
pledge; vow; (of a man and woman) having sexual relations; having sexual intercourse; destiny; fate