severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
attainment of Buddhahood during life
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to make one's rounds; to patrol
bank; weir; embankment; levee
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
river management; river improvement; flood control
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
information; making a report (to a superior)
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
quarrel; dispute; argument
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
murder; homicide; manslaughter
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
Dewa (former province located in present-day Yamagata and Akita prefectures)
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil; (arch.) cordoning off; (arch.) cordoning-off sign
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
after that; afterwards; thereafter
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit); person not bound by earthly desires
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)