everywhere; all over; throughout
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
crosspiece (between pillars, etc.); penetrating tie beam
to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl
abhorrence of (living in) this impure world
seeking rebirth in the Pure Land
Namu Amida Butsu; Hail Amitabha Buddha; Homage to Amida Buddha; prayer for rebirth in Sukhavati, the Pure Land of Amitabha
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
to attack the enemy in his unguarded moment
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh
surrounding at a distance
torture to death; torment to death
shaft (of an arrow); arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica)
busy; having no (free) time
to fall in love (for the first time); to know love; to be compassionate
to get blurry vision; to get bleary eyes; to get dim eyesight
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
to rush over; to run up to
vassals; retainers; followers
Tajima (former province located in the north of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)
tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to pierce; to shoot through; to penetrate
horseback riding; sitting astride; straddling
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
to offer; to present; to serve (food and drink); to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an altar)
second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student
calamity; disaster; accident
ambush; troops in ambush; unexpected opposition; unexpected obstacle
deep affection; devotion; profound attachment
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
now that; since; so long as; because
flinchingly; falteringly; being overwhelmed; staggeringly; totteringly; unsteadily
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
wound suffered in a fight
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
urine; piss; pee; breaking a contract
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly