living in the mountains; person living in the mountains
scenery; scene; landscape
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B
wind and snow; snowstorm; blizzard; hardships
Wakasa (former province located in the south of present-day Fukui Prefecture)
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
level ground; plain; flatland
in the mountains; among the mountains
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
atmospheric current; air current; airflow
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
cold wind blowing at Lake Biwa around the 24th day of the second month of the lunisolar calendar
Buddhist service centred around the Lotus Sutra held over four days in Shiga Prefecture, starting from the 24th day of the second month of the lunisolar calendar
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
bai zhi (Chinese name for angelica species Angelica dahurica); traditional Chinese cure made from the root of this plant; Heracleum nipponicum (species of hogweed)
lucky day; auspicious day
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
clearly; distinctly; vividly
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
face; looks; vestiges; trace
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
bad-tempered; aggressive; quarrelsome
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)
hourly; from one minute to the next; from hour to hour; moment by moment; with each passing moment
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
instant; moment; for an instant