self restraint; moderating one's behaviour; penitence; confinement to one's home; house arrest
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
(arch.) person of high rank; (arch.) nobleman; wife of a nobleman
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
John Doe; person of unknown name; (arch.) country bumpkin
feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace
your body; your health; yourself; you
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
himself; yourself; herself
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to judge (on the basis of); to control; to discipline (oneself); to regulate
guess; conjecture; surmise
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
don't you think?; indicates question
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
really; truly; indeed; good grief
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
used to indicate respect for the listener (or reader)
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility