present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
to continue (going along some trend)
town; city; municipal; urban
hills and fields; countryside
to be performed (on the stage); to be in the limelight
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
bishop's staff; khakkhara
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
to walk around; to travel around
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
such ... as; or some such
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
charcoal; charred remains
wood (for building); lumber; timber
on the occasion of; at the time of
bare livelihood; subsistence
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
mountain ascetic; practitioner of Shugendō
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
important point; strategic position; key point
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
one's pupil; one's student; one's follower
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
under control (e.g. of territory)
contribution (to a temple, shrine, etc.); donation
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing