亘る[wataru] to cross over
幾年にも亘る[ikunennimowataru] extending over a number of years
亘古[kouko] for ever
連亘[renkou] extending in a row

に亘って[niwatatte] throughout
長きに亘る[nagakiniwataru] long (used with period of time)
に亘り[niwatari] throughout

垂迹[suijaku] temporary manifestation by a buddha (in order to save people)
筆迹[hisseki] handwriting
真迹[shinseki] true autograph

事迹[jiseki] evidence
本地垂迹説[honjisuijakusetsu] manifestation theory (holding that Shinto gods are manifestations of buddhas)
迹門[shakumon] first half of the Lotus Sutra, in which the Buddha appears as a spatiotemporally restricted being