road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
patrolling (esp. using ships or aircraft)
many; numerous; various; large number of
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
no exception; without exception; always the same
exclusive; exclusionary; restrictive; clannish
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
to market (something); to feature (something to sell); to trade in (something); to securitize
motherland; fatherland; native country
ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people
to gain a reputation; to make oneself famous
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
tachibana peel (oft. minced and used as a spice); yellow-dyed leather
germination; sprouting; budding
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
free from worldly or worthless thoughts
to sniff out; to catch the scent of
ascent; uphill; upward slope; (gradual) upturn; increase
irregularity; unsteadiness; disorderly
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
wall of rock; rock cliff; rock face
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
enormous; gargantuan; immense; ridiculously large
heavy rainfall; heavy snowfall; steady rainfall; downpour; raining in earnest
torrential rain; heavy rain; cloudburst; downpour
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
maneuvering ground; manoeuvering ground
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
lightning strike; thunderbolt; bolt of lightning; to strike (lightning); to be struck by lightning
worry; fear; anxiety; concern