railing; guard rail; (arch.) (shining) brightly (of the moon or stars); (arch.) (flowing) endlessly (of tears)
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
Han Yu (768-824), Tang dynasty poet and philosopher
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move
sighing deeply; giving a deep sigh
there is nothing more that can be done; it's all over
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on
person willing to take on a role; willing candidate
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
becoming emaciated and die; wither away
consists of; comprises; is made up of
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
talking in whispers; confidential words
participation; joining; entry; adherence
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
stage assistant dressed in black (in kabuki); stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
obedience; submission; resignation
to end one's life; to end one's days; to die
transcendence; transcendency; transcendental; to transcend; to rise above
naked; nude; unvarnished (e.g. truth); plain (e.g. fact); frank
caterpillar (esp. hairless); person with scanty supply of clothes
to indicate; to show; to point to
ram (sheep); someone who lives their life by instinct
transfer of a budget appropriation from one (government) section to another
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time