having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end
to be talented; to be able
to know shame; to have a sense of shame; to be ashamed
to commit suicide; to end one's life; (lit.) to choose death
place of death; place to die
(not) in the least; (not) at all
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
dying in vain; useless death; meaningless death
(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
opportunity; chance; good time (to do); trend; tendency; momentum
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
Nakasendo (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
going through; going via; going by way of
having weak legs; slow walker
even if not; even without
infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
of tender years; very young
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
Kiso valley section of the Nakasendo
sigh (of admiration or lamentation)
relay station (esp. on Edo-period highway); post station; stage
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
inner canthus; inner corner of the eye
treatment; handling; arrangement; addition; musical accompaniment (in noh)
rather; sooner; preferably
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament
effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy
request; invitation; privilege in criminal law given to nobles of the fifth rank or above (ritsuryo system)
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)