mountain range; Lian Shan (Xia period method of Chinese divination)
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus)
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
junction; crossroads; division point; parting of ways
crazy; mad; devoid of reason
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on
lodging; putting up at a hotel
when it comes to; concerning
stereotype; preconceived idea; preconceived notion
alright to do; can do; do not mind doing; gladly do; might as well do
achievement; deed; exploit; merits
Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha
successive reigns; successive emperors; successive dynasties
sovereign; emperor; monarch
progress; being under way
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
natural phenomenon (phenomena)
to factor in; to take into account; to include in one's considerations
forced march; (fig.) doing something on a very strict schedule
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
180.39 millilitres; 180.39 milliliters; 0.3306 square metres; 0.3306 square meters; one-tenth of the way (from the foot of a mountain to the top)
to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
side door; side gate; wicket gate
cracking sound (e.g. cracking one's knuckles); crunching sound
being in an embassy, aquarium, museum, etc.; being enrolled
production increase; enhancement of one's fortune
Charter Oath (of the Meiji Emperor); Five-Point Imperial Covenant; Imperial Oath of Five Articles