Nakasendo (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
placed one upon another; piled up; excellent; splendid; superimposition; superposition
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
to destroy; to break; to damage
damn Westerner; (lit.) hairy foreigner
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
trickling (of water); flickering (of fire); darting about (e.g. a small animal); scampering about
to be conspicuous; to stand out
in the same way as; just like
extremely angry; furious; fiercely (shine); blazingly; merrily (burn away); red-hot
flour; meal; powder; dust
the Japanese syllabary symbols
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
this family; we; this house
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
adopted daughter; foster daughter
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)
painting something vermillion; lacquering something vermillion; vermillion-lacquered object
paper-covered lamp or lantern
many; much; plenty; hardly
to be lit (e.g. electricity comes on); to be lighted; to catch fire
railing; handrail; balustrade
railing; handrail; balustrade; armrest (chair)
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
garden lantern; hanging lantern
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
to be urgent; to be pressing; to be imminent
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
rolled letter paper; roll of paper
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open