light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like