inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
wonder; miracle; amazement; prodigy
to be worth; to be worthy of; to deserve; to merit
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
second (party to an agreement); the B party (e.g. in a contract); stylish; chic; strange; quaint
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
to say; to be called; to do
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
the long night of spiritual darkness
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
Satori; folklore monster that can read minds
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
monk; priest, particularly a high-ranking Zen monk honored by the imperial court
order (from one's superior); command; what you say; (someone's) words
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
tower; tall building; turret; lookout; (arch.) brothel
hometown; rural township (of China)
be (that) as it may; having said that
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
particularly; only; in the case of
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
upper part; upper region; region above
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
to put (up) in the wrong place; to hang in the wrong place; to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to miss (meeting) each other; to pass each other by
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance