to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); to spare (time, money, etc.)
piling up; multiple layers
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
first term; first half-year; preceding period; early period
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
in swarms; in clusters; tediously; slowly
type 2; category 2; second class
representative; exemplary; model
world; society; people; the public
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
starting point; point of departure
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
Songs to Make the Dust Dance (by Goshirakawahouou (1127.10.18-1192.4.26)); The Dance of the Dust on the Rafters
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
remarkable; striking; brilliant; splendid; spectacular; wonderful
hectic; bewildering; bustling; dizzy
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
certainty; reality; regular; permanent; samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation)
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
entering the priesthood; priest; man with a shaven head; bald-headed monster
lonely; desolate; forlornness; desolation
Buddhist priest; bonze; layman dressed like a priest; person
grhapati (layman; sometimes used as a posthumous suffix); private-sector scholar
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
monasticism; monastic life
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
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)
each; (arch.) you (plural)
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
scenery; scene; landscape
waste of time; killing time