joining (an association, agreement, etc.); participation; affiliation; accession
presence; sitting with; being with
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
great teacher; great master; great author; great doctor
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
future (usually near); prospects
single word; a few words; brief comment
single word; a few words; brief comment
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
to spring up; to leap to one's feet; to jump up and down
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to gain; to earn (for oneself); to win
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
whispering; murmuring; subdued
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
concluding an alliance; making a pledge
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
once in a lifetime (opportunity); (a golden opportunity that may) happen only once in a thousand years
abstention; nonparticipation
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
accurate; correct; precise; exact
to get information; to find out; to get wind of
good offices; auspices; sponsorship; village official (during the Edo period)
ordinary; in the past; usual; regular
donor; contributor; provider
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object
a particular; a certain; that kind of; such a
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
Kazusa (former province located in the central part of present-day Chiba Prefecture)
proper; appropriate; due; suitable