God's will; heaven's decree; mandate of Heaven; one's life; one's lifespan
for a while; for some time; for a period
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
upper reaches (of a river); upper stream; top; upper part; long ago; beginning; first
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
children and grandchildren; descendants
fertile, productive field
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
mountain forest; forest on a mountain; montane forest; mountains and forest
landowner; landlord; landlady
the one before last; two generations, etc. previous
education of gifted young people; providing financial support to gifted students; education
fortune; riches; goods; incorporated foundation
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
senior high school; high school
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
snakelike; snaky; serpentine
same family (race, tribe)
free and easy; open and natural; not fastidious
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
helping a long-term employee to establish a branch of the same shop
parenthood; parent or someone with children on the way (esp. an expecting mother); (of a fish) containing roe (eggs)
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed; field of alpine flowers
second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
one eye; one of one's eyes
dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing
puffer fish; blow fish; fugu; globefish; swellfish
to love; to cherish; to show favouritism to; to be partial to; to fondle; to caress
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)