vicissitudes; continual change; transmigration; metempsychosis
master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee
Records of the Three Kingdoms; Annals of the Three Kingdoms
animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
wholehearted; earnest; determined; intent; single-minded; straightforward
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
out of necessity; with no other option; perforce; unavoidably; reluctantly; unwillingly
repose of a soul; ceremony for the repose of a departed soul
to repeat; to do something over again
travels; pilgrimage; itinerancy
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
working in the field in fine weather and reading at home in rainy weather; living in quiet retirement dividing time between work and intellectual pursuits
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
to change one's place of residence; to migrate; to move
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
revival; restoration; resuscitation
to serve; to work for; to attend
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza