with one's own body; by one's own action; through one's own experience; firsthand
being stark-naked; having no possessions; losing all one's belongings
justice; fairness; impartiality
transcendence; transcendency; transcendental; to transcend; to rise above
genuine; authentic; true; pure
while alive; during one's lifetime
abbreviation; omission; outline; gist; plan; strategy
Wood Rabbit (52nd year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1915, 1975, 2035)
imperial order; imperial decree
or; otherwise; furthermore; also; (arch.) perhaps; (arch.) by some chance; (arch.) that being said
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
Earth Dragon (5th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1928, 1988, 2048)
Wood Tiger (51st year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1914, 1974, 2034)
Fire Tiger (3rd year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1926, 1986, 2046)
fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days
Fire Sheep (44th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1907, 1967, 2027)
sixteenth day of the month; sixteen days
Wood Snake (42nd year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1905, 1965, 2025)
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
Earth Rat (25th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1948, 2008, 2068)
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
to follow someone's last wishes; to fulfil a dying wish
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
stake all (on something); play for all or nothing; throwing all into a task
all creation; all nature; all the universe
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
kun (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: earth, southwest)
to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)
name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa); Japanese era name
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
Enpō era (1673.9.21-1681.9.29)
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
to concentrate one's effort (on something)