great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
eve (esp. Christmas Eve); the night before
snake; serpent; large snake
prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited
fruit of a tree; nut; berry
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable
to lose sight of; to miss
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
in the same way as; just like
doubt; skepticism; scepticism; disbelief
forevermore; for eternity
parents and siblings; one's relatives
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
phantom; vision; illusion
to swipe; to nick; to pilfer; to steal
to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
to clamber; to climb with hands and feet; to crawl up; to creep up
drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained
narrowness; being cramped; being almost full
to show signs of; to appear
unpreparedness; falsehood; Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
Son of God; Jesus Christ; child of God; Christian; prodigy; young ace
bodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha; High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court); title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory