bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
liberation from earthly desires and the woes of man; deliverance of one's soul; moksha; mukti; vimukti
nirvana; supreme enlightenment; death; death of Buddha
determination; conviction
transmigration; reincarnation; metempsychosis
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
(religious) faith; belief; creed
originally; by nature; from the start
eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
lately; recently; nowadays
study of psychic phenomena; psychics
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
nature; the natural world; realm of nature
reckless; blind; without knowing; at random
self-conceit; self-satisfaction; self-righteousness; self-importance; complacency
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
uncivilized; uncivilised; undeveloped (land); unexplored (territory, field, etc.); unbloomed (flower)
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
should; must; -able; probably; likely
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
vicissitudes; continual change; transmigration; metempsychosis
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct