world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to work as the backbone (of); to bear responsibility (for); to be the mainstay (of); to be the central part (of)
woman; female; feminine gender
superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis
to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be purified; to be chaste
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to say; to tell; to state; to do
just; fair; proper; reasonable
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
to take by deception; to defraud someone of; to swindle someone out of; to cheat someone out of
division; splitting; sharing; distribution; dissemination; allocation
to become insensitive; to become less perceptive; to lose one's touch; to get out of practice
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
acrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back); handing something around (within a fixed group of people in a pre-arranged order); handing off a problem to someone else (in order to evade responsibility)
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
to go astray; to become corrupt; to go bad
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
pilgrimage; walking tour; travelling (on foot)
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
to pick up; to find; to gather
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
while; during; while; although; all; both
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
food (esp. chicken and vegetables) boiled in plain water (or sometimes dashi, etc.) and served with dipping sauce (esp. ponzu)