cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
ten; 10; ten years of age
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
desire to act only in one's self-interest; selfish desires
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
(talk of a) moneymaking scheme; moneymaking idea; get-rich-quick proposal
Asura; demigod; fighting; carnage; sledge (for conveying large rocks, logs, etc.); log slide
false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym
(Russian) maritime provinces
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that
older sister; elder sister
Amitabha's Pure Land; Sukhavati
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
Arcadia, presided over by a virtuous king
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
this corrupt or degenerate world; this world or life; the world of mankind
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
arrogance; insolence; disrespect
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
Leigh (Britain); Ri; Li; Lie
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
going to bed; retiring (for the night)
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
this and that; one thing and another