all over; everywhere; in every nook and cranny
patina; antique look; elegant simplicity; well-trained voice
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last
recollecting; reminiscing; looking back; retrospection; review
remainder of one's life; one's remaining days; time left (to live)
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
blow; shock; strike; batting
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
lonely; lonesome; dreary; (arch.) loneliness; (arch.) desolation
to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose
Japanese and Chinese poetry; poetry; poems
zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position)
step; stride; counter for steps
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
Heian period (794-1185); imperial court in the Heian period
foundation of a temple; laying a foundation (stone); open base
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
elderly woman; noh mask of an old woman
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
hokora; small wayside shrine
sinus; cavity; antrum; neighborhood (administrative division in North Korea)
outside of; not covered by
dispersed (of citizens in a war-torn country, etc.)
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
posterity; future generations
bare rock; rock surface; rock face
drop (e.g. of water); drip
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
bone marrow; medulla; true spirit; one's mind
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)