4th day of the month; four days
ardent; passionate; vehement
being very busy; busyness
volley firing; fusillade; broadside
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
distant; remote; isolated
to talk; to carry meaning
to make a speech; to address
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
talk; recital; narration; topic
to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
private citizen; civilian
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
fierce; intense; severe; very; extremely; terribly
one life; one's life; one order; one command
severe; harsh; rigorous; trenchant; scathing; sharp
such; like that; in that way
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
to fascinate; to enchant; to possess; to bewitch; to enthrall
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
to fade; to discolor; to discolour; to diminish; to fade (e.g. of a memory)
while alive; during one's lifetime
to split; to be split; to become sunken (e.g. of cheeks); to become hollowed; to weaken (e.g. of motivation, interest, etc.); to decrease
party; set; gang; company; person
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
fighter (for); militant; champion (of); boxer
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
derivation; development; offshoot
the six realms (Deva realm, Asura realm, Human realm, Animal realm, Hungry Ghost realm, Naraka realm)
misfortune; bad luck; evil; unlucky year; critical year; year (esp. age 25 and 42 for men, 19 and 33 for women) that is considered unlucky
mourning; mourning period; anniversary of one's death
revelry; tumultuous party; wild party; uproarious banquet
to line up; to put in a row; to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to link; to put together
detonator; priming; primer; trigger; impetus; spark
the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)