to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
meaning; significance; sense
to get lost; to lose one's bearings; to be puzzled; to be perplexed; to be tempted; to be seduced
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
to sacrifice oneself; to die a martyr
attribute; property; context; character class, type, fetish, etc.
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
call; summons; convening; convocation
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
base (military, expedition, etc.)
corridor; hallway; passageway
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to pick up; to find; to gather
good news; gospel (teachings or revelations of Jesus Christ)
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
sword; dagger; knife; bayonet
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
travels; pilgrimage; itinerancy
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
woman; female; feminine gender
to love greatly; to love beyond all else
once; one time; exclusively; only; alone
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold