pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
impatience; uneasiness; irritation; fretfulness
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
neurasthenia; nervous breakdown; concentration (card game involving turning over face-down cards to find identical pairs)
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
exaggeration; making a mountain out of a molehill
coming and going; recurring (esp. thoughts)
group; bunch; crowd; group
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
bloodshot eyes; (doing something in a) frenzy
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
journal; magazine; periodical
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
the public; general public
from time immemorial; ancient; time-honoured; time-honored
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
of course; certainly; naturally
full moon; 15th day of the lunar month
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
Chinese "Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
cherub; gods disguised as children; children parading as cherubs
Zen meditation; meditative consultation with the head abbot
dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off
only; merely; but; no more than
enlightenment; great wisdom
how many times; how often