serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
the eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)
that; the matter in question
primordial; fundamental; basic; primitive
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
I see; that's right; indeed
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
truths of the cessation of suffering and of the way to the cessation of suffering
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
look; appearance; spectacle; sight; observation meditation; outlook on ...
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
reformation; revolution; renewal; Meiji Restoration
to affect; to impact; to influence
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
doctor to a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor