clave-like folk instrument; two bamboo pieces beaten together
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
mountain recess; deep in the mountains
mountain recess; deep in the mountains
(arch.) kariginu (informal clothes worn by the nobility from the Heian period onwards); (during the Edo period) patterned kariginu
to fling; to throw off (clothes); to kick off (boots)
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
posterity; future generations
The Narrow Road to the Deep North (chronicle by Matsuo Basho, published in 1702)
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
on one hand; on the other hand
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
even the prosperous inevitably decay; sic transit gloria mundi; all that's fair must fade
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
notice; notification; permission; consent; rejection; refusal
world view; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung (philosophy); appearance of a world (e.g. in fiction)
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
individual; private person; personal; private
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
square jō (approx. 10 sq feet); abbot's chamber; chief priest
to read (a book, etc.) over again
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
several years; a few years
(one) could even say that
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
(death from) starvation; starving to death
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly