to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
near oneself; close to one; familiar
a Buddha; deceased person
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to serve; to work for; to attend
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
ago; since; before; previous
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
younger people; future generations
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
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.)
Man'en era (1860.3.18-1861.2.19)
first year (of an imperial era); year something (important) first happened or began
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
to be in full bloom; to blossom in full glory; to be in fullness of bloom
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
to subsist; to keep on living
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect