mountain recess; deep in the mountains
miraculous (miracle-working) water
to split finely; to splinter; to get frayed; to become irritable
to place firmly; to hit very hard
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
baptism-like ceremony performed by the buddhas on a bodhisattva who attains buddhahood; baptism-like ceremony for conferring onto someone precepts, a mystic teaching, etc. (in esoteric Buddhism); pouring water onto a gravestone; teaching esoteric techniques, compositions, etc. (in Japanese poetry or music)
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
how; in what way; circumstances
to explain; to dispel doubts
hack; untrained; incompetent; useless; quack (doctor)
stating (one's views); expressing
being carried away by a current; drowning in a river; person who drowned in a river; cancellation; standing up
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
to blaze; to burn brightly
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
to parry; to sidestep; to dodge
night soil; muck; filth; dirt
filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid
having lost face; in a bind
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
underskirt (half-slip), worn under kimono
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
control board; control panel; console
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
rumbling; (ringing) cadence
basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote
to haul down; to drag down; to pull down; to tow off; to force out; to dethrone
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship