to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
everywhere; everywhere one goes; wherever one goes
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
to confess one's love; to profess one's feelings
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
roots of grass; grassroots (e.g. of a political party); rank and file; places hidden from sight
to fertilize; to fertilise; to manure; to enrich
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); seeker; Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
place hidden from view; cover; shelter; hiding place
innumerable; unfathomable; unutterable
conveying (an intention, meaning, etc.); communicating; (verbal) message; word (from someone); tradition; folklore
Engi era (901.7.15-923.4.11)
emperor (of Japan); mikado; (the gates of an) imperial residence
City of Flowers (nickname for various cities, esp. Paris and Florence)
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
fleeting life; this transient world; sad world; world of grief and worry; the world of the living; this life
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
custom; habit; customary practice
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
presence or absence; whether something is there or not; whether something happens or not
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
rubbish heap; garbage dump
to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge; to fish
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
wandering samurai; soldier of fortune; brigand; hermit; mountain ascetic; itinerant priest
group of mountain nomads (in Japan); group of mountain people; the Sanka
before the gate; in front of the gate
local Shinto deity; tutelary god
sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve; vicinity (esp. of a bridge); approach; foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
kamaboko; steamed seasoned fish paste, usu. in a semicylindrical shape on a strip of wood and sliced to go in soup, etc.
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
hut; house; boarding house; residence hall; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)