comprehension; understanding; enlightenment; spiritual awakening; satori
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person
tool; implement; means; furniture
arm; skill; efforts; ability
possessing full mastery of an art (e.g. Judo); initiation into the secrets (e.g. of an art); full mastership
early evening cloud; clouds at sunset
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
transmission of the secrets of an art, craft, trade or learning from father to only one child
several years; a few years
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
shogunal vassal; direct retainer of a shogun
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
national crisis; national disaster
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
when it becomes; when it comes to
unexpectedly; surprisingly
older brother; elder brother
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
once-in-a-lifetime encounter (hence should be cherished as such)
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out
audience; assembly; meeting
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
an offering of tea and hot water made to Buddha or the spirit of the deceased; a tea infusion; tea and hot water; tea ceremony
(large) compilation; culmination (of hard work)
to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in