fleeting life; this transient world; sad world; world of grief and worry; the world of the living; this life
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
custom; habit; customary practice
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
rubbish heap; garbage dump
to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge; to fish
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
wandering samurai; soldier of fortune; brigand; hermit; mountain ascetic; itinerant priest
group of mountain nomads (in Japan); group of mountain people; the Sanka
before the gate; in front of the gate
local Shinto deity; tutelary god
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes
sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve; vicinity (esp. of a bridge); approach; foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
kamaboko; steamed seasoned fish paste, usu. in a semicylindrical shape on a strip of wood and sliced to go in soup, etc.
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
hut; house; boarding house; residence hall; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
louse (esp. a sucking louse); lice
to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life; to make a living; to earn a livelihood; to spend one's time (doing); to pass one's days (doing)
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
the number of people; many people; a large number of people
feigned ignorance; pretending not to know; pretending not to recognize (someone); unconcerned air; indifference; nonchalance
treatment; conduct (towards another); behavior; stage performance; movements (of an actor); acting gestures
to disappear (gradually); to be vanishing; to fade away; to go out of sight; to die out
in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
visit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune); call; letter of inquiry; letter of sympathy; dealing (a hit); striking (a blow)
goldfish (Carassius auratus)
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
with religious zeal; with utmost devotion; take great care of
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal
gold leaf; gold foil; beaten gold
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
horsepower; hp; energy; vitality; horse-drawn cart
undutifulness to one's parents; lack of filial piety; (arch.) (the crime of) cursing one's parents; (arch.) disowning one's child
to speak; to talk; to argue; to manage; to dispose of; to carry through
another; one more; (not) quite; (not) very; lacking
kanji "road" or "advance" radical (radical 162)