depravity; corruption; degradation
contradiction; inconsistency
very interesting; of great interest
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
thoughtful; deep-thinking
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
foil; (gold, etc.) leaf; prestige
dated; date; fixed; external
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
transfer; assignment; conveyance
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
to distribute; to hand out
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
to pluck; to pick; to tear
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
to taste; to try (food or drink)
to undergo great hardships; to waste away from great effort and worry
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
prayer (for something); supplication
ascetic; pilgrim; devotee
tradition; legend; folklore
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
ultimate; final; last; eventual
the five grains (wheat, rice, beans, millet (awa and kibi))
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
ten; 10; ten years of age
nembutsu; nenbutsu; nianfo; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)
to result in death; to lead to death; to be fatal (e.g. disease)
believer; adherent; devotee; fanboy; fanatic; superfan
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there