existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
top (of a mountain); summit; peak; height; orgasm; climax
summer vacation; summer holiday
the future is unpredictable; inscrutable are the ways of heaven; the irony of fate
idiom derived from historical events or classical literature of China
knowing; (an) acquaintance
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
to get on a horse; to mount a horse
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
good or bad luck; fortune
lasting long; continuation; keeping at (something); sticking to (something)
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
to erase all trace of something
haori (Japanese formal coat)
to blow through; to blow across
retreating figure; appearance from behind
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
example; illustration; precedent
extinction; annihilation; destruction
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
right side; style of Japanese court music
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
prudence; discretion; thought
one's own child; one's own children
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
several people; a few people
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)