four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
God and Buddha; Gods and Buddhas; one's guardian angel
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
shogunal vassal; direct retainer of a shogun
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
moral way of life; correct path; moral principles
a Buddha; deceased person
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus; rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
rebirth in paradise; peaceful death
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
natural span of life; 250 years old
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
one's son; you little bastard; you little brat
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
to visit frequently; to haunt
devotion; attachment; infatuation
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
after a long time; for the first time in a while
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
bright red; crimson lotus flower
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)