Kiso valley section of the Nakasendo
nowadays; these days; at present
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
middle ten days of a month; 11th to 20th day of a month
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); prime (of one's life); (one's) best days; (being in) heat; rut
dyeing black; dyed black; priest robes; priesthood; mourning dress
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
the human body; one's person
the height of folly; sheer stupidity
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
by sheer strength; by brute force
to bring back; to restore
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to cut (someone) down; to slay
north face; north side; the north; facing north
Buddhist teachings; Buddhist path; Buddhism; Buddhist temple
setting off (on a long journey); setting out; departure (e.g. for the front); starting a new life; starting life anew
mat (made of pieces of split bamboo or reeds tied together)
to run out (e.g. of the room)
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer
two years before last (year); three years back; three years ago
to be rested; to feel at ease; to repose; to be relieved
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
there it is; there it comes; got it; of course; it figures; I knew it
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
defeated soldier fleeing the enemy
to check; to stop; to keep back
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
hey there; I say; see here
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle