method; process; manner; way; means; technique
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
school uniform for boys, often with stand-up collar, long jacket and loose trousers
looking depressed; long face
vengeful spirit (spawned from a person's hate); doppelgänger; co-walker; mankind; souls; people
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
torii; Shinto shrine archway
official name; formal name
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
Tenmangu shrine (shrine dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane's spirit)
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to wipe the slate clean; to start anew
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
Japanese person; Japanese people
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
God; god; ace; king; superior person
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
prayer for school success
fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent
the House of Tokugawa; the Tokugawas
(religious) faith; belief; creed
to collect; to assemble; to gather
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
hydrosphere; boundary of water and land
corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings
votive picture (originally of horse)
after death; posthumously