story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
mountain road; mountain trail
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
standing close together; bristling (with)
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
cluster of trees; grove; thicket
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
in comparison to; rather than
considerably; greatly; a lot
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to use up all one's strength
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
grandfather; male senior-citizen
discovery; detection; finding
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
trunks; shorts (e.g. seaside use)
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
charcoal; charred remains
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
perfume; fragrance; aroma; balm; sweet scent