thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
itinerant Buddhist monk; practitioner of Shugendō
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
in that way; thus; so; so?
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
to feel; to sense; to experience
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
Nagano prefecture (Chūbu area)
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance