stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
to continue; to keep going; to go along (e.g. with some trend)
town; city; municipal; urban
hills and fields; countryside
to be performed (on the stage); to be in the limelight
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
(complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
mountain; hill; mine; (mountain) forest; heap; pile; protruding or high part of an object
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
khakkhara (staff topped with metal rings traditionally carried by monks); pewter staff
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
to walk around; to travel around
gold (metal); gold (color); gold (medal); first place (prize); something of great value; something golden (e.g. silence); money
such ... as; or some such
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
charcoal; charred remains
wood (for building); lumber; timber
on the occasion of; at the time of
bare livelihood; subsistence
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
to lead a life; to live a life
Shugendō practitioner; mountain ascetic; Shugendō
mountain ascetic; practitioner of Shugendō
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
important point; strategic position; key point
rule; domination; direction; management; control (of one's destiny, public opinion, etc.); governing
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
one's pupil; one's student; one's follower
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)