chair; stool; post; office; position
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
form; shape; figure; visage
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
relation; connection; relevance
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
upper classes; high society
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
to some extent; to a certain extent
study; research; investigation
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
tendency; trend; inclination
investment; contribution; financing
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
genius; prodigy; natural gift
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
not only ... but (also); as well as ...
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
this world; this life; world of the living
widely; extensively; far and wide; everywhere; all around; generally
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
spread; extension; influence; aftereffect; ripple
appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
being put to shame; being outshone; being eclipsed; feeling embarrassed
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
innumerable; countless; numberless
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
flute; fife; pipe; whistle
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out