Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral
content (of a mineral, etc.)
protruding eyes; number of pips visible after a throw of the dice
to work; to labor; to labour; to put to work; to make (someone) work
deterioration; changing for the worse
nodding anemone (Anemone cernua); (arch.) chrysanthemum; (arch.) pine
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
Metal Snake (18th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1941, 2001, 2061)
one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn
shelving (a play, movie, etc.); closing down; cancelling; rice storehouse of the Edo shogunate
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
farmland; rice field or paddy
to have a long life; to live a long time
to brave; to risk; to harm; to afflict; to desecrate; to profane
upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite
quibbling; temporizing; temporising
vicious circle; vicious cycle
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment; persecution
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
(a matter of) chance; fortune (of a given time); force of the times
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
splendor; splendour; gorgeousness; showiness; gaudiness; extravagance
foreign matter; impurities
mixing; blending; adding; adulteration
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
strong power of the state; iron fist; heavy hand
non-fruit-bearing flower; something that is flashy with no content
partner for the night (e.g. at a brothel)
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
round coin with a (square) hole in the center; coin made of non-precious materials; money
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject