precipitous cliff; sheer precipice; critical situation
bare rock; rock surface; rock face
posterity; future life; life to come
to hand down; to pass on (story or tradition)
wise saying; famous saying
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
war; fighting; fierce competition
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
is something that; is that which
in this manner; in this way; like this
appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive; phantom
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
deceptive methods; questionable means
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
left-hand radical of a character
right-hand radical of a character
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
stronghold; fortress; strategic position; key position
precipice; steep (e.g. mountain pass)
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
jokingly; in the form of a joke
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
pursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase
decision; determination; resolution
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
should; must; -able; probably; likely