field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
travel writing; travel piece; traveller's journal; traveler's journal
appropriate (e.g. authorities); concerned; relevant; said; aforementioned; competent
derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible
suddenly; all of a sudden
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
interior; inside; internal
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
middle period; medium-term
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; (arch.) happy-go-lucky
explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
mountain ascetic; practitioner of Shugendō
miraculous; wonder-working; magical
prayer; grace (at meals); exorcism
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
faith; belief; piety; devotion; godliness
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to expose; to lay open (e.g. secret); to take apart; to disassemble; to kill; to murder; to dress (meat)
to rearrange (classes); to recompose; to reset; to recombine (genes)
kanji "person radical" (radical 9)
kanji "dog" or "animal" radical at left
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
anger; rage; resentment; indignation; exasperation
viewing and treating as one; regarding as the same; equating one thing with another; identification
originally; by nature; from the start
origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive