state religion; official religion; established religion
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
attitude to life; form of existence; way of life
to name; to call; to christen; to term
new contract; new agreement; New Testament
head temple of a Buddhist sect; headquarters (of an organization); head of operations; nerve center
banning of books; banned book
being somewhat excited (agitated)
writing; composition; essay; sentence
to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish
endless; boundless; everlasting
old kingdom; ancient kingdom
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
origin; (arch.) appearance of an auspicious sign that one will receive a divine mandate to becoming emperor; (arch.) birth of an emperor or his ancestors
to engage in a bloody feud; to have a family quarrel; to quarrel with one's own flesh and blood; (lit.) to wash blood for blood
rivalry; feud; conflict; dispute; struggle; strife
difficult to ...; hard to ...
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
dress; attire; clothing; getup; outfit; personal appearance
imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry
strong-minded; strong-willed; having great willpower
light clothing; dressing light; light equipment; light armaments
distinctive; characteristic
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
making (a report, plan, contract, etc.); drawing up; writing out; preparing; creating (a file, website, account, etc.)
(archeological) remains; ruins; relics
to assume an air of ...; to act ...; to affect ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
middle finger; long finger; second finger; middle toe; third toe
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate (with); to adorn (with)
to fit (e.g. a pane into a frame); to insert (e.g. a cork); to put on (something that envelops; e.g. a ring, gloves); to place (a hoop) around; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to force (into a mold); to entrap
mayfly; ephemerality (of life); (arch.) dragonfly
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
to be helpful; to be useful
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting
studying abroad; (temporarily) studying at another school (to learn a specific skill)
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering