bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
road; path; way; set of practices; moral education; Buddhist teachings; Taoism
guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)
foul play; cheating; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
yamabushi; practitioner of Shugendō; itinerant Buddhist monk
munching; devouring; gobbling up; (arch.) shaggy; (arch.) disheveled; (arch.) unkempt
daimyo oak (Quercus dentata); Japanese emperor oak
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
haughty; arrogant; supercilious
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
plane tree (esp. the Oriental plane, Platanus orientalis); hemp overgarment worn by Shugendō practitioners
tokin; small black headgear worn by yamabushi
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
haste; hurry; urgency; in a hurry; quickly; with haste
regulations governing Chinese religious observances and social order
tenets (of a religious sect); doctrines; (religious) sect; denomination; one's principles; one's tastes
very; greatly; extremely; exceedingly; highly; quite
mountain ascetic; practitioner of Shugendō
interpretation; explanation; reading; construction
enmity; antagonism; hostility; feuding (with); being at odds (with)
improper way (of doing); wrong way; unorthodox method; evil course; evil path; heresy
viewing as ...; seeing as ...; treating as ...; regarding as ...
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
close; intimate; on good terms
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp
sword; blade; single stroke
to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound
to twine; to get tangled; to be involved (e.g. of money in a matter); to get involved (in); to pick a quarrel (with); to find fault (with)
expression; look; countenance; face
superiority complex; sense of superiority
travelling alone; solitary journey
companion; company; tritagonist; second supporting character
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
Harima (former province located in the southwestern part of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal