to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
silver; silver colour; (fig.) snow
slight; minor; trifling; considerable; proper; decent
insurance; guarantee; warranty
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
dark clouds; black clouds
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
to surge; to well up; to gush out
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
extinction; annihilation; destruction
to burn to a crisp; to scorch
to be born; to come into this world
some people; a number of people; several people; a few people
mistress; kept woman; concubine
how many people; a number of people
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to
sage; wise man; wise person; buddha; bodhisattva; enlightened priest
life; living; I; me; student
revolving lantern; ever-changing scene (e.g. life flashing before one's eyes)
ethics; ethical viewpoint; moral value; sense of duty; sense of ethics
to learn; to study; to take lessons in
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
karōshi; death from overwork
bad example from which one can learn; good example of what not to do (esp. how not to behave); negative example
in succession; one by one
brothers and sisters; siblings; half-siblings; step-siblings; mate; friend
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe
desire for improvement (in social standing, etc.); ambition to rise in the world
to hold back (someone) from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
to become fine (of fabric); to be checkmated; to be hard pressed; to be at a loss
to alter one's state of consciousness; to change one's mindset; to change one's attitude