to the very end; to the bitter end; to the last; to the hilt; thoroughly
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
dominant player (e.g. in politics); single strong player
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
to spread; to be propagated
to revere; to respect; to worship
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
agricultural community; farm village; rural
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
kind; tender-hearted; compassionate
charity; benevolence; philanthropy; (love for) humanity; fraternity; brotherhood
to spare; to grudge; to regret; to lament; to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling
poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure; low quality (e.g. of literary works)
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate
to distribute; to hand out
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
self-sacrifice; self-renunciation
nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; quality; inherent characteristic; property
sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
to continue to do; to persist in doing
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
anything and everything; just about everything
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
to die; to draw one's last breath; to breathe one's last
verge of death; dying moments
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
the law of the jungle; the strong prey on the weak; the weak become the victim of the strong
source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
erroneous entry; misentry; slip of the pen; writing down wrongly (a sum, etc.)
what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
expression in writing; written representation; notation; writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face
only recently; just of late
excavation; exhumation; digging up; discovery (of a new fact, talent, etc.); finding; unearthing
origin; beginning; source
discovery; detection; finding