defile; narrow path; bottleneck; impasse
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
foot soldier (Edo period); samurai on foot; (arch.) going on foot; (arch.) walking
can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something
flight (e.g. airline flight); trip (e.g. train trip); mail; post; opportunity; chance
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
mountain recess; deep in the mountains
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
hunting ground; hunting preserve
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.); (arch.) counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.
farming; agriculture; cultivation
stock-farming; livestock farming; cattle breeding
fertile; rich; productive
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
benefit; use; good; profit; gains
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
to trample down; to devastate
abstention; nonintervention; noninterference
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
one day; (on) a certain day
wandering samurai; soldier of fortune; brigand; hermit; mountain ascetic; itinerant priest
mountain stream; mountain torrent
to be collected; to be gathered (e.g. mushrooms, etc.); to be harvested; to be able to collect; to be able to mine
discovery; detection; finding
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
incident; affair; happening; event
1000 ri; (a) long distance
to step over or across; to overcome
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
(within a) territory; domains