Shugendō; Japanese mountain asceticism incorporating Shinto and Buddhist concepts
ascetic; pilgrim; devotee
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
considerably; fairly; quite
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji); way of reading (out loud); interpretation (e.g. of a text); reading
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to have a reason; to have an excuse
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to sprinkle over (e.g. salt, pepper, etc. on food)
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
half-moon (of a fingernail)
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
mound; heap; hillock; burial mound; tomb; tumulus
to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself
itinerant Buddhist monk; practitioner of Shugendō
(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
in one's own way or style
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
Ugo (former province located in parts of present-day Akita Prefecture)
three mountains; three shrines (of Kumano); three kingdoms (of 14th and 15th-century Okinawa)
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
Nara period (710-794); imperial court during Nara period
mountain forest; forest on a mountain; montane forest; mountains and forest
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on