disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
mayfly; ephemerality (of life); (arch.) dragonfly
new; unused; new; obvious; natural
(school) grade; year; class; grade; kyu (junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
bank; embankment; dike; reservoir; pond
to flee; to take flight; to be ruined; to go down in the world; to settle down (e.g. in one location)
someone; a certain person
through; by way of; after; via
western mountains; mountains to the west; Nishiyama (western area of Kyoto)
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to sift out; to screen or eliminate (candidates)
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
kindness and affection; love
(a) vein; (a) thread (of connection)
(entering into) nirvana; died; silent; tranquil
Eiga Monogatari (11-12C epic); A Tale of Flowering Fortunes
to despair of; to see the vanity of
spread; pervasion; permeation
passion; sexual desire; lust; attachment (esp. to one's family or a member of the opposite sex)
form is emptiness; matter is void; all is vanity
tear; rip; breach; spoilage; waste; wastepaper
lovers' suicide; double suicide
one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives
Buddhist thought; Buddhist concept
palace; hall; shrine; temple; hall of fame
dharmata (dharma nature, the true nature of all manifest phenomena)
east, west, south and north
ken (6 shaku, approx. 1.818 m); counter used to number the gaps between pillars
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
large hanging paper lantern (used in bathhouses, yose theatres, izakaya, etc.)