to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
equinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held); Buddhist services during the equinoctial week; nirvana; opposite bank; opposite shore
reproductive capability; fertility; fecundity; biotic potential
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
existence; being; life; survival
dawn (of a new era, civilization, etc.); dawning
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
spirituality; spiritual nature
point of view; viewpoint; angle; visual point (position of the eye in calculations of optical instruments)
divergence; alienation; deviation; estrangement; separation; detachment
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
mankind; the human creature; fellow creatures
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
number of times; frequency; count
superiority complex; sense of superiority
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
reproducibility; repeatability; duplicability
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)
living thing; living creature; animal; life
appearance; figure; shape; form
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
origin; beginning; source
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
very much; exceedingly; extremely
checking answers (e.g. to homework problems); verifying one's answers
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
gift; boon; godsend; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to get tired of; to tire of; to lose interest in; to become sated; to become satiated; to have one's fill
kind; sort; species; species
parent; parents; dealer; banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign