to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to soak; to dip; to steep; to moisten; to wet
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to dunk
Sanzu River (Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx)
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
En no Ozunu (634-c.700) (founder of Shugendō)
founder; originator; pioneer
mountain worship; religion that worships mountains as sacred
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
tengu; long-nosed goblin; bragging; conceit; braggart
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
preface; introduction; preamble
in the mountains; among the mountains
death; the next world; to pass away; to die
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
spirit world; underworld; the next world
living person; the living
to be born again; to make a fresh start in life
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
distinction; favoritism; favouritism; discrimination
Children's Limbo; futile; unrewarding
instability; insecurity; crankiness
to be nearing death; to be dying
to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
distortion; stretch; strained interpretation; technicality; casuistry; sophistry
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
meaning; connotation; denotation
to trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.); to hang (of mist, haze, etc.); to lie (over); to linger; to flow (e.g. of hair in the wind)
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
soil; breeding ground; fertile ground (for); foundation (for the development of ...)
birth and growth; giving birth and raising; development; breeding