to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
at least; at most; (even) just
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
faith; belief; piety; devotion; godliness
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
dwelling place of hermits; pure land away from the world
consists of; comprises; is made up of
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow
taiji (in Chinese philosophy, the principle that embodies all potential things, incl. time and space)
twenty-eight mansions of Chinese astronomy (constellations dividing the ecliptic into 28 positions)
constellation; astrological sign; star sign; zodiac sign
(whether at) peace or at war; in peacetime and at war; order and chaos
good and bad fortune, and weal and woe
service (bus, train); operation; motion; revolution; movement
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; close (together)
connection; link; relationship
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
heavenly body; celestial body; astronomical object
wizardry; secret of immortality
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
going down the road; travelling; lyric composition describing scenery a traveler sees on the way (traveller); eloping
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
in low spirits; dejected; sad
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to repeat; to do something over again
pity; sorrow; grief; misery
to cease; to stop; to be over
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
rule; (ruled) line; line (on a go board, shogi board, etc.)
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits
the people; multitude; masses