even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
moaning; muttering; complaining
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
to state; to express; to mention
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
to act up (machine); to go out of tune (instrument); to not work right; to be knocked off stride; to lose one's bearings; to lose one's presence of mind
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence
(made of) stone; stone-built
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to get; to obtain; to come by; to find
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
military forces; hosts; troops
in comparison to; rather than
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
danger; peril; hazard; risk
monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
surface of the earth; ground surface
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
heat haze; shimmer of hot air