it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...
boarding; lodging; board and lodging; boarding house; lodging house; lodgings
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
impatience; uneasiness; irritation; fretfulness
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room; small room esp. for assignations
Taklamakan Shamo desert; Takla Makan desert
to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
environment; circumstance
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
to continue (going along some trend)
armchair theory; impracticable theory
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
suffering from summer heat; summer heat fatigue
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
degeneration; decadence; deterioration; laxness; corruption
to attack a routed enemy; to sink the boot into; to pour salt on a wound
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha (5th c. BCE?)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
university student; college student
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course