intention; idea; inclination; wish
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
successfully; with success
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
complete change; about-face
to search for a way out of a potentially fatal situation; to seek for a way out of a desperate situation
determination; resolution
union; coalescence; amalgamation; copulation; penetration
anticipation; expectation
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
tenacity; indomitableness; dauntlessness; inflexibility
safe plan; infallible measure
to want; to seek; to request
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
sparing a life; clemency; reconsideration of an employee's dismissal
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
little power; little influence; (one's) poor ability; limited ability; what little one can do
because of; owing to; due to
promise; vow; engagement; convention; rule; resolution
to put to shame; to humiliate; to disgrace; to rape; to assault; to violate
to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up
entering the priesthood; priest; monk; bonze
Taiei era (1521.8.23-1528.8.20)
severing of connections or relations
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
interpenetration of spirit between the poet and nature in a haiku
to continue to do; to persist in doing
following one's master into death by committing ritual suicide (seppuku)