vicissitudes, the way that the world or a person prospers one day and declines the next

dotting the i's and crossing the t's

You should treasure every encounter, for it will never recur.

Jade Emperor

Jade Emperor

(botany) the seed of blackberry lily (Iris domestica), notable for being jet-black / a Japanese sweet made with 求肥 (gyūhi) wrapped in red bean paste, and sprinkled with white sugar

(Japanese mythology) daughter of 海神 (Watatsumi), younger sister and daughter-in-law of 豊玉姫 (Toyotamabime), aunt and wife of 鸕鷀草葺不合 (Ugaya Fukiaezu), mother of Emperor Jinmu

excuse me; may I come in?

a unit of volume equal to 1,200 millet grains

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