to join together; to sum up; to combine; to unite; to mix; to agree with
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
the five festivals (January 7, March 3, May 5, July 7 and September 9)
old poem (esp. waka); old song
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
a particular; a certain; that kind of; such a
intention; personal opinion
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
conviction based on flawed ideas; obstructive thought
to look after (often medically); to take care of
koan; kōan; Zen question for meditation (e.g. the sound of one hand clapping)
Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
spare time; free time; leisure
prudence; discretion; thought
fortune-telling; divination
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
something small; something petty; trifle
earnest aspiration (to go to paradise)
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
specialization; specialisation
walking stick (any insect of order Phasmatodea); walkingstick; stick insect; leaf insect
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
samsara; cycle of death and rebirth; being reborn; reincarnation
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
Maitreya (buddha appearing 5.67 billion years after the death of Gautama)
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
(arch.) discarding; (arch.) abandoning; variety of street performance from the Middle Ages; casting off one's attachments (in Zen)
to saw off; to interrupt; to suspend; to discontinue
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
battlefield; battleground
wholeheartedly; with heart and soul; intently; with undivided attention; with intense concentration; single-mindedly
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
next (day, morning, etc.); following
treasuring; cherishing; prizing; holding dear
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support