night chat; tale told at night; evening tea party (starting around 6pm); book of informal essays
constancy; integrity; fidelity; principle; faithfulness; honor
for the first time in one's life
thousand years; very long period; forever
dynasty; reign; period; epoch; court; North Korea
based on; on the basis of
shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
death; the next world; to pass away; to die
one's whole life; one's lifetime
decrease; reduction; decline
all living things; all God's creatures, great and small
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
worthless thing; garbage; (lit.) roof tile and stone; brick
reason; cause; history; origin
emphasizes direct object of action
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
teacher; wise man; Confucius; the person concerned; you
to hint; to insinuate; to satirize; to satirise
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps); mugwort (any plant of genus Artemisia); wormwood; sagebrush
merits; distinguished services
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
quotation; abstract; selection; summary
various families; various schools of thought
very much; very many; more and more
being very busy; busyness
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
spare time; free time; time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
reprint; reprinting; second edition
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
extending (e.g. a book); augmenting; enlarging; supplementing