presence; sitting with; being with
continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last
student; follower; students and pupils
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
trend; tendency; momentum
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
(arch.) youth; (arch.) freshness; good omen; Sweden; Switzerland
strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit
at every opportunity; whenever possible; whenever the occasion arises; from time to time; occasionally
wisdom; intelligence; intellect
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
colour printing; color printing
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
sunlight; sunshine; sunbeams
avatamsa (flower adornment, as a metaphor for becoming a buddha); Avatamska sutra; Kegon (sect of Buddhism)
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion
second proof; second revision
the ninth; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
first proof; first-proof sheets
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
Miyamoto Musashi (1584-1645)
taikō (esp. Toyotomi Hideyoshi); title for a regent, later for the grand chancellor, also for the father of an Imperial adviser (advisor) who passed the role to his son
Records of the Three Kingdoms; Annals of the Three Kingdoms
both; both sides; both parties
damp ground; wetland; bog; marsh
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature
floating and sinking; rise and fall; ebb and flow; ups and downs
karma; result of one's karma; fate; uncontrollable temper
being unhuman; being removed from humanity; being unworldly
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
vacant house; unoccupied house