one's present existence; this mortal frame; this world; cast-off cicada shell; cicada
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
double heading (using two locomotives at the front of a train); double-headed train; doubleheader
story; topic (on everyone's lips); (the stuff of) legend
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
Fujiwara Michinaga (966-1027)
sensitive; susceptible; emotional; impressionable; sentimental
unfortunately; unluckily; regrettably
pole; climax; extreme; extremity
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
to draw around (e.g. a curtain); to drag around; to take (someone) around; to parade around; to order about; to lead
crimping; riveting; fastening; standoff (mechanical fastener); self-clinch hardware
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
scrutiny; digging into; excavation; inquiry into; enquiry into; prying
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
to throw away; to abandon
propagation (e.g. a religion); proselytizing; missionary work
to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up
nothing but; none other than
(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone
(not) at all; completely; utterly; very; extremely
taking no notice (of); thinking nothing of; disregarding; not aware of; completely ignoring; being out of consideration
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit
pioneer; settler; colonist
working adult; full-fledged member of society
real life; actual life; everyday life
to be full of (e.g. adventure, youth, energy); to be overflowing with
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of
recitation of Amida Buddha's name on a specified day and time period (practice of Pure Land Buddhists)
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
body heat from several people in close quarters; stuffy air
Xia dynasty (China, perhaps c. 2070-1600 BCE, perhaps mythological); Hsia dynasty
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)