to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart
diligent study; devoting oneself to one's studies
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
carefully; thoroughly; fully; deliberately
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
flowers reflected on a mirror and the moon reflected on the water's surface; something that is visible but having no substance; the subtle and profound beauty of poems that cannot be described in words
beauties of nature; the traditional themes of natural beauty in Japanese aesthetics; artistic pursuits involving nature themes
a gathering of many beautiful women (talented people); simultaneous emergence of many talents and achievements; (lit.) hundred flowers blooming in profusion
red blossoms and green willows; beautiful scenery of spring; natural beauty; beauty of nature
Blossoms fall and leaves scatter; the evanescence (impermanence) of worldly things
adding a crowning touch of beauty (to); giving added luster (to); crowning beauty (honor, grace) with even greater glory
running amok (amuck); committing violence on; in utter disorder
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
whole song; complete music
tearing limb from limb; tearing apart; cutting (a person) to pieces
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
one's life under medical treatment; (means and time spent) fighting against an illness
to become empty (hollow); to relax from a tense situation into a vacant or absent minded state
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
probability; likelihood; chances
spontaneous generation; abiogenesis; natural occurrence; spontaneous occurrence
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
rebound; relapse after a diet; regaining lost weight; return of symptoms after withdrawal of medicine
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
to repeat a mistake (of somebody); to make the same mistake as that of ...; (lit.) to follow the rut (left by someone else)
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words
one's opinion on life and death; life-and-death issue (e.g. in religion)