following someone's example, and committing suicide
Sōseki Natsume (1867-1916; novelist)
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less
sense of helplessness; feeling of powerlessness
from the cradle to the grave
welfare; well-being; social welfare; social security; social service
jigsaw puzzle; jigsaw; puzzle
extreme logic; extreme argument; unreserved argument
equinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held); Buddhist services during the equinoctial week; nirvana; opposite bank; opposite shore
messy; confused; chaotic; in a nagging manner; (complaining) about various things
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
sexual experience (with women)
to work without sleep or rest
legal; from a legal standpoint; legally speaking; de jure
to be subject to punishment; to be punished
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
assumption; supposition; hypothesis; supposition
dissociative identity disorder; DID
talk; conversation; informal expression of opinion; off-the-cuff remarks; discourse
time axis; time basis; timeline
to occur repeatedly; to repeat; to be repeated; to be frequent
replacement; substitution; change; shunting (rail); switching
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
uneven distribution; unfair distribution; maldistribution
all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration
thought experiment; gedankenexperiment
toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.
based on; on the basis of
to explain adequately; to be accountable
a long, long time ago; very long ago
ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony