to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
wisdom; enlightenment; prajñā (one of the three divisions of the noble eightfold path); wisdom
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
dark clouds; black clouds
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
to degenerate; to lapse into
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
third day of the month; three days
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
river; stream; River; the ... river
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
commanding; awe-inspiring; bitter (cold); piercing
expression; look; countenance; face
school route; street for students going to and from school (esp. on foot)
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
pupil; student; schoolchild
though; notwithstanding; although
punch (with the fist); punching (a hole); hole punch; punch (drink); punch (in a song, speech, etc.); impact
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
persistence; fortitude; indomitability
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
scene; spectacle; sight; view
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
living person; the living
blood relative; close relation; (one's) flesh and blood; flesh and blood; the body
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly