to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
boy; son; baby boy; young man
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
son of a distinguished family; son of a noble
value to society; raison d'être; existence value
destroying; annihilating; eradicating
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
on the way back; returning
guess; speculation; supposition
official history; authorized history
Japanese medieval text that chronicles events of the Kamakura Shogunate
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
hollow; cavity; hole; cave
ups and downs of life; vicissitudes of fortune
masterwork; masterpiece; crowning work; one's magnum opus; work of the highest quality
lute priest; biwa-playing minstrel; travelling pre-Meiji musical performer (usu. blind and dressed like a Buddhist monk)
arriving at the present; present-day; to arrive at the present day
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
Jetavana Monastery (India); Jetavana-vihara
all things must pass; all worldly things are impermanent
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul; Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)
sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus; rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)