distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to
making noodles by hand; striking a deal; coming to an agreement; killing with bare hands
to breathe in and breathe out
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
imperial throne; the Crown
by any standard; (not) even as flattery
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
to relax one's mind; to feel relaxed; to become remiss; to cease paying careful attention
3 Japanese feet; waistband; belt; cloth girdle
head; lead; vanguard; first
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
stairs; stairway; staircase
to blow through; to blow across
the lower classes; the common people
sublime; noble; high-minded
to show; to bare (the teeth)
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
twice; again; second time
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
to be able to tell apart; to distinguish; to recognize
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
discrimination; discernment; identification
to be born (with); to be born (to be); to be destined
fixed number; certain number; given number; definite number
everyday life; daily life
practice; practising; experience
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to see well in the dark; to have good night vision
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather
capture; takeover; hijack; skyjacking