to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
along the way; along the road
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
grove of miscellaneous trees; copse; coppice; thicket
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
to be found; to be discovered
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
platform; home; home base; home plate
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
river; stream; River; the ... river
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
mountain forest; forest on a mountain; montane forest; mountains and forest
to become rustic; to be countrified
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
date-plum (Diospyros lotus); Caucasian persimmon; lilac persimmon
fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (e.g. voice); fluent; eloquent
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
stone Buddhist image; unemotional person; taciturn person
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
collapsing in the street (from exhaustion, illness, etc.); falling dead in the street; person lying dead in the street
person (or their spirit) who died with no one to tend their grave
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
An'ei era (1772.11.16-1781.4.2)