to obey; to submit to; to serve (in the army, a prison sentence, etc.); to go into (mourning); to observe; to take (medicine, poison, etc.)
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
(arrogance and) insolence
American Civil War (1861-1865)
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
information; news; report; reward; retribution
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
important point; point to make note of
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over
double suicide; lovers' suicide; group suicide; family suicide; dedication to the point of self-sacrifice
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
seclusion; reclusion; retirement (from activities)
to pen; to write; to draw
waterfowl; water bird; shorebird
back (side); reverse; the inside; background; dark side (e.g. of society)
to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over
good or bad luck; fortune
fortune and misfortune; prosperity and adversity; good and evil; weal and woe
wealth and poverty; rich and poor
life and death; life or death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
God's will; heaven's decree; mandate of Heaven; one's life; one's lifespan
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
one's previous life; previous existence
antiquity; the previous era
Shangdi (supreme deity in ancient Chinese religion); God; Shakra (king of heaven in Hindu mythology); Indra
laws (of nature); (divine) providence
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)