to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
idle gossip; foolish talk; yarn
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
for dear life; barely escaping alive
construction; establishment
contrived; false-sounding
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
what the?; what's going on?; what's this?
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
to throw on the fire; to burn
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
all you have to do is; just; that's all
because; for; the reason why is ...
the way it was; the way it used be; as of old; in former times
wherein; therein; thereinto
ascent; climbing; ascending (path); upbound (esp. toward Tokyo)
in the early period (of something); at the beginning
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back
central; main; just (done); freshly (baked); counter for consecutive losses
to take someone's life; to kill someone
to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
unfortunately; regrettably; sad to say
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
essence; true nature; substance; reality
to carry on one's back; to burden oneself (e.g. with debts, responsibilities, etc.)
anything and everything; all sorts of things; by all means
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
flowers; beautiful; spectacular
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
climbing rope (for mountaineering)