gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
entering a faith; joining a religion
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to feel; to sense; to experience
such; like that; that sort of; very
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
originally; by nature; from the start
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
at that time; in those days
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
that is to say; so that means
religious organization; religious organisation
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
in the meanwhile; during the time
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion
mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (in an online game)
chancy trade or business with uncertain profitability; night entertainment business (e.g. hostess bar); nightlife business
while; during; while; although; all; both