East Asian age reckoning; traditional system of age reckoning whereby newborns are considered one year old and on New Year's Day one year is added to everyone's age
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance
habit; behavior; behaviour; trait
nationwide; countrywide; national; throughout the country
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
scriptural text; scriptures; sutras
skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house; separation from; loss of interest in; independence of
everywhere; all over; throughout
rice paddy with a thick layer of mud at the bottom; muddy rice field
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
to get twisted; to get crooked; to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become troubled; to become complicated
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
one thin flat object; one sheet
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
to take over; to hand over
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
change; transformation; inversion
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
to join together; to sum up; to combine; to unite; to mix; to agree with
hair tied behind and hanging down; long flowing hair
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
hide-and-seek (game); hide-and-go-seek
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
time; hour; season; time of the year