to die; to draw one's last breath; to breathe one's last
recollection; reminiscence
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
old-fashioned way of thinking; old-fashioned spirit; old-fashioned
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
unable to understand (reason, motive, etc.)
feeling heavy in the head; heavy-headed; sick with worry
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son
branch office; branch store
to order; to command; to appoint
possible; probable; likely
at any time; at any moment; when; at what moment
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
thinking of; hitting upon
Fukuoka (city, prefecture)
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
(social) position; status
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
settlement; permanent residency
change (personnel); transfer; reshuffle
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
promotion; advancement; rising in rank
fellows; comrade; colleague; one's equal
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
Wu; region in China, south of the lower Yangtze; Wu; Southern Wu; Wu; Eastern Wu
first Sanskrit alphabet letter; Africa; Awa (old province of Japan); (arch.) prefixed to names to show intimacy
ignorance; covering; concealing; Mongolia
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase
economic world; financial circles; business community
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
previously; already; for some time; for quite a while
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)