proposal; offer; request; application
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
(being beholden to someone for a favor of) a night's lodging and a meal
chance encounter (worth treasuring); a connection made with another person by chance
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position)
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
bursting with youth and energy (esp. young woman); vivaciously young; (fish) jumping around energetically (e.g. when caught in a net); bursting (e.g. seams); tight; splattering (e.g. cooking oil)
small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
to die; to ascend to heaven
favorite pupil; favourite pupil; teacher's pet
to despair of; to see the vanity of
peaceful; tranquil; calm; restful
to commit suicide; to end one's life; (lit.) to choose death
spirit of a deceased person; the Holy Ghost; the Holy Spirit
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
realm of the dead; the other world; underworld; hell
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
enshrinement hall (of a buddha); temple; cathedral (esp. Catholic)
miraculous; wonder-working; magical
division of a shrine's tutelary deity, in order to share it with another shrine; spirit divided in such a manner
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
living person; the living
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
place to go; person to turn to; someone to depend on
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death
vain person; ostentatious person; show-off
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
ignorance; innocence; stupidity