to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
God; god; ace; king; superior person
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
moaning; muttering; complaining
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
rucksack; knapsack; backpack
minimum; lowest; minimal; least
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
train that stops at every station; local train
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
not a little; not a few; considerable
public telephone; pay phone
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
motorcycle; motorbike; bicycle
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)
Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
instrumental duet; instrumental duo
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
rise and fall; ups and downs; shame and glory; bright side and dark side; (lit.) light and shadow
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier