origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
genuineness or spuriousness; authenticity; the genuine and the spurious
judgement; judgment; decision; adjudication; award; verdict
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
Water Dog (59th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1922, 1982, 2042)
second month of the lunar calendar
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
postscript (to a book); verification; publication (in a book)
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; be that as it may
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
foreword; preface; introduction; postscript
time; age; chance; moment; occasion
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore
the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
after ages; posterity; future life; the next world
story; topic (on everyone's lips); (the stuff of) legend
presbyopia; age-related longsightedness; farsightedness
fat; tallow; lard; grease
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
while; even though; despite