vicissitudes; continual change; transmigration; metempsychosis
rash; thoughtless; imprudent; careless; frivolous
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
while; during; while; although; all; both
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to change into; to be transformed; to be transfigured; to transform; to alter; to convert
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
this world; this life; world of the living
thoughts; opinion; however much money you wish to give (as alms, a fee at a museum, etc.); fondness (for a significant other, etc.; often used teasingly); love
to sever relations (with somebody; esp. a relative or spouse); to break off (with)
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
together; at the same time; same; identical
now; the present time; just now; another; more
family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period
while; even though; despite
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
(short-term) leave allowed a servant
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
secret; private; surreptitious