to live; to get along; to spend (time)
floating; buoyancy; fishing float; bobber; buoy; lifebuoy
sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; watcher; spectator
Minister of the Right (official in Nara and Heian periods)
two times; twice; two degrees
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility); visiting card; name card
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
bad reputation; ill repute; bad name; (arch.) evil deed; (arch.) wrongdoing; (arch.) wrongdoer
frequently; often; (staring) fixedly; narrowly; closely
image; figure; figure; form; image
(in the) good name (of); (fine-sounding) pretext; good reputation; good name; beautiful name
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
immorality; injustice; adultery; infidelity; (arch.) murdering one's teacher or a government official
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
outline; summary; gist; roughly; about; nearly
until now; still; yet; (not) yet; since
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
something; some kind of; for some reason
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
-less; lacking; non-existing
speaking about (one's thoughts, memories, etc.); relating (one's feelings, reminiscences, etc.); recollection; reminiscence
without; unless; have to do
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
boasting; bragging; talking big
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)
dhyana (profound meditation); Zen (Buddhism)
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction
to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit