to feel; to sense; to experience
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
acquaintance; appreciative friend
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
association; fellowship; change (of season, year, etc.)
to be conspicuous; to stand out
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job)
day of month; counter for days
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
diligent study; devoting oneself to one's studies
art of war; strategy; tactics
style of classical Japanese swordsmanship involving use of two swords
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
(large) compilation; culmination (of hard work)
series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
item; article; clause; section; point
the five Confucian filial-piety relationships
two years later; year after next
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
cavern; cave; cave system; grotto
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
purifying oneself (religiously) by abstaining from eating meat
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
Shōhō era (1644.12.16-1648.2.15); Shōho era
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
nineteenth day of the month; nineteen days; (arch.) fool; (arch.) simpleton
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
racketeer; thug; rogue; bully; fixer
time of death; one's final hour; one's end
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)