that's the way it is; such is life
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of a visitor's arrival); informing (someone) of a visitor's arrival
(corrugated) cardboard; cardboard box; carton
wholeheartedly; with heart and soul; intently; with undivided attention; with intense concentration; single-mindedly
portrait of a deceased person
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
slapping on (stamp, sticker); flopping down
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
when it becomes; when it comes to
wide open sky; the blue; heavens; firmament
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
to sob; to never stop crying; to cry on and on
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
to rescue (someone); to save; to help (out of a difficulty); to save (spiritually); to redeem (from sin); to deliver (from suffering, distress, etc.)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
to come true (of a dream, wish, etc.); to be realized; to be fulfilled; to be granted; to be answered (of a prayer); to be requited (of love)
to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.); to change; to move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.); to divert (one's attention) to; to focus on (something different); to spend (time); to let (time) pass
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō
god; deity; god-tier; incredible; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
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)
formal; official; regular; proper; legal; due (formalities)
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
world; society; people; the public
official announcement; proclamation
making (something) widely known; announcement; unveiling
focus; focal point; focus (of attention, a discussion, etc.); point at issue; focus
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
anxiously; with anxious looks; with anxiety