worry; fear; anxiety; concern
steepness; steep place; harsh (look); sharp (tongue)
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
visit (to a religious site, e.g. shrine, temple, grave)
ascetic; pilgrim; devotee
passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger
to stretch; to reach to; to stand on tiptoe
uphill road; ascending road
to affix; to append; to entrust; to refer; to follow (the leader); to submit (a document, etc.)
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
to strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
in the future; another day; later
disadvantageous; harmful; unprofitable
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
brush and ink; writing; drawing
thicket; coppice; brushwood
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
nock of an arrow; forked tool used for hanging scrolls
anyway; anyhow; as one likes; by all means; at any cost; no matter what it takes
fold; pleat; folds (e.g. of a mountain); crease; (hidden) detail; nuance
go that far; to that extent
six copies; Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan)
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...
cane; walking stick; staff; wand