to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
now; the present time; just now; another; more
one's remaining years; the rest of one's life
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
time after time; countless times; many a time; dozens of times
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
thought; consideration; thinking
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job)
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
blank space; margin; blank canvas
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
both hands; both arms; ten
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to be able to manage somehow or another
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
how; in what way; by what means
table of contents; contents
preface; foreword; introduction
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...