to have a dream; (lit.) to walk along the road of dreams
feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing
one's own faction (of a party)
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
bright light; hope; bright future; light emanating from a buddha or bodhisattva, symbolizing their wisdom and compassion
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
Gunsho Ruiju (collection of Japanese classics sorted by type; orig. ed. 1819; comp. ed. 1911)
lettering on the spine of a book
mental; spiritual; emotional
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
determined spirit; unyielding spirit; will
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument
Miyagi Michio (1894.4.7-1956.6.25)
spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
progress; advance; improvement; development
noted doctor; excellent physician
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
everyday life; daily life
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)