to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
this world; this life; world of the living
young person; youth; young
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
long (time); protracted; prolonged
visit (to a religious site, e.g. shrine, temple, grave)
to dissolve (paint); to scramble (eggs); to melt (metal, etc.); to mix (water with flour, etc.)
before the gate; in front of the gate
a very short while ago; very early (e.g. in the morning)
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
to avoid being seen; to be clandestine
daffodil (esp. Narcissus tazetta var. chinensis); narcissus
episode; side story; story within a story; aside; anecdote
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
just the other day; quite recently
long (time that has passed); old (story)
to yearn for (someone, something); to miss
motherland; fatherland; native country
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); speech; one's lines; white dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; (arch.) white person
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
knowing; (an) acquaintance
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty