hokora; small wayside shrine
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to compose; to put together
nothing but; except; no more than
existence; being; presence
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position)
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
to wither completely (of a plant); to dry up completely; to drop all its leaves
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
instructor (esp. of martial or traditional arts); teacher; model; exemplar; normal school (Japan; 1872-1947); teachers' training college
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
absence; disregard; indifference
medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); in; within; during; while; currently (doing)
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
is that so?; I see; right; oh
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
(sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventor
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent
last days; the end; one's fate
to follow (a road, path, etc.); to trace; to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.); to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.); to head towards (of a situation); to go in the direction of
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
immortality; eternal life; undeath; undead