ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
sage; wise man; wise person; buddha; bodhisattva; enlightened priest
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
heartless; cruel; causes and actions; results of actions in previous life
using up one's fortune on fine clothes
bringing ruin upon oneself by extravagance in food
doing ... until one goes bankrupt; doing ... until one goes broke; falling short of (one's reputation); failing to live up to (one's appearance); falling through (e.g. of a plan)
stupa; dagoba; wooden grave tablet
collapsing in the street (from exhaustion, illness, etc.); falling dead in the street; person lying dead in the street
(large) parrot (incl. the cockatoo)
station (esp. a police station); office (e.g. tax office)
careful consideration; deliberation; thinking over carefully
completely; entirely; totally
Zen terminology; Zen words
iron mask (worn by samurai)
alchemy; way of making money; moneymaker; money-spinner
abandoning; giving up; quitting
paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual demolition; gradual erosion; gradual dismantlement
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death
novel; original; new; innovative
to exile; to banish; to revise the wording of a phrase
person who has committed suicide
to leave this world; to die
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
department; section; course (of study); branch of study; (taxonomical) family
adherence (to custom, tradition)
to give; to present; to offer; to do for someone's sake
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
naginata; polearm with a curved single-edged blade (similar to a glaive); naginata; martial art of wielding the naginata