large amount of money; great cost
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
working without pay; free service; work for nothing
vegetable; marijuana; cannabis
to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get
principal occupation; core business
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
vice versa; also the converse; reverse is true
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
deed; act; conduct; behavior; asceticism
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
to serve; to work for; to attend
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
greater palace; area centered on the inner palace, home to various administrative bodies
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
bearing; heading; point of the compass
type of cleromancy divination (described in the Book of Changes) performed with long sticks; The Book of Changes; Yijing; I Ching
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
calamity; disaster; accident
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
to take all things together; to include everything; to take account of everything
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
form is emptiness; matter is void; all is vanity
emptiness is form; illusion of the reality of matter
crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid
Onmyōdō; way of Yin and Yang; occult divination system based on the Taoist theory of the five elements
will not do; do not; does not
spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance